jocoselyadv.
/dʒə(ʊ)ˈkəʊsli/, U.S. /dʒoʊˈkoʊsli/, /dʒəˈkoʊsli/ In a jocose manner; playfully; in joke.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. Observ. 153 Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity.
1728 Curl in Pope's Dunc. ii. 3 (note) What the Gentlemen of the long robe are pleased jocosely to call mounting the Rostrum for one hour.
1807 Salmagundi 1 Oct. 315 We have,more than once in the course of our work, been most jocosely familiar with great personages.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xix. 54 He protested against having serious things treated jocosely.
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