Definition of half-jokingly in English:

half-jokingly

adverb

Partly in a humorous manner and partly in earnest.
a friend and former teacher half-jokingly suggested we start a school together
Example sentencesExamples
- At the end of one of my therapy sessions last week I half-jokingly asked the doctor, "Who dies from a skin rash?"
- He ended his remarks by half-jokingly telling reporters to put stories about his recovery bond on their front pages.
- He half-jokingly compares the studio industry to the hotel business, saying that his equipment and design choices reflect the needs of his clientele.
- The basketball tournament was an idea we'd been talking about half-jokingly for several months.
- The writer half-jokingly said that, though he loved humanity, he couldn't stand individuals.
- I sometimes say, half-jokingly, that this job would be easy if it weren't for the people.
- Once in the hallway, he half-jokingly asks me, for the seventh time that day, about the secret of my fruitfulness.
- During one studio visit last winter, the artist regaled me half-jokingly with stories about his relationship to a real-life barnyard rooster in Normandy.
- "It was like making a dance for a whole city," he said of the process, which he only half-jokingly likened to chaos theory.
- Its conclusion is so upbeat that a friend suggested, only half-jokingly, that it could be turned into a Broadway musical.

单词	half-jokingly
释义	Definition of half-jokingly in English: half-jokingly adverb Partly in a humorous manner and partly in earnest. a friend and former teacher half-jokingly suggested we start a school together Example sentencesExamples At the end of one of my therapy sessions last week I half-jokingly asked the doctor, "Who dies from a skin rash?" He ended his remarks by half-jokingly telling reporters to put stories about his recovery bond on their front pages. He half-jokingly compares the studio industry to the hotel business, saying that his equipment and design choices reflect the needs of his clientele. The basketball tournament was an idea we'd been talking about half-jokingly for several months. The writer half-jokingly said that, though he loved humanity, he couldn't stand individuals. I sometimes say, half-jokingly, that this job would be easy if it weren't for the people. Once in the hallway, he half-jokingly asks me, for the seventh time that day, about the secret of my fruitfulness. During one studio visit last winter, the artist regaled me half-jokingly with stories about his relationship to a real-life barnyard rooster in Normandy. "It was like making a dance for a whole city," he said of the process, which he only half-jokingly likened to chaos theory. Its conclusion is so upbeat that a friend suggested, only half-jokingly, that it could be turned into a Broadway musical.
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