Crossword clues for jocosely
jocosely
The Collaborative International Dictionary
jocose \jo*cose"\ (j[-o]*k[=o]s"), a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with
an adversary.
--Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.
--I. Watts.
Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. -- jo*cose"ly, adv. -- jo*cose"ness, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak
jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with
levity.
--Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain
anything like jocoseness; since jesting is
incompatible with a holy and serious life.
--Buckle.
Wiktionary
adv. In a jocose manner.
WordNet
adv. with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" [syn: jocular]
Usage examples of "jocosely".
Applied in the first instance jocosely, the title grew inseparable from her, and was the one she herself always used.
She declared jocosely that it should be given to the first one of our girls who married.
When at Hanover Junction he spoke of the situation almost jocosely, and said to the venerable Dr.
While he waited, he spent each day shuffling rhythmically around the entrance of the operations tent, making boisterous wisecracks to everybody who came by and jocosely calling Sergeant Towser a lousy son of a bitch every time Sergeant Towser popped out of the orderly room.
He looked at her briefly, in silence, smiling, after which he drew from his pocket a large letter with an official-looking seal and shook it jocosely above his head.
Fourposter came to the door of his box, stared coldly at Brat for a moment, and then nudged him jocosely with his Roman nose.