jokyadj.
/ˈdʒəʊki/, U.S. /ˈdʒoʊki/ Inclined to joke, jocular. Also, subject to jokes, ridiculous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > inclined to jest or joke
wantonc1405
facetious1601
jocular1625
jocose1673
ludicrous1687
jokish1785
joky1825
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous
gamelyOE
jape-worthyc1374
foolisha1500
ridiculous1533
ludibrious1570
laughable1600
mockablea1616
laughworthy1616
ludicral1656
derisible1657
absurd1716
grotesque1747
tomfool1762
irrisible1767
ludicrous1782
deridable1804
saugrenu1876
screwy1887
derisive1896
josh1908
nutty1915
derisory1923
dingbat1935
bonkers1961
joky1964
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Jokie, jocular, fond of a joke; as, ‘He's a fine jokie man’.
1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 39 Feel jokey to-day, do you, you ridiculous Bob White?
1964 ‘N. Blake’ Sad Variety viii. 149 ‘Leake,’ I said, ‘your mind's as jokey as your clothes.’
1970 Homes & Gardens May 145/1 Despite the jokey reputation that middle-class British hotels enjoy, they compare very well indeed for comfort with their European and US counterparts.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 1014/4 Crops up again in less joky moments.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 1021/1 A jokey ‘textbook’ tricked out with comic diagrams.
1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1142/4 The use of anachronism..is now a joky, selfconscious device.
Draft additions 1997
ˈjokily adv. in a joky manner.
ΘΚΠ
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
1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 2/5 Jokily-named Baudines regret helping wounded man in Shanklin.
1988 Observer 30 Oct. 15/4 He claims this practice is a joke, but who wants to be stabbed jokily?
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