jocosely
/joh-kohs, juh-/US // dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə- //UK // (dʒəˈkəʊs) //
戏称,戏谑地,戏谑的说,嘲讽地
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adj.形容词 adjective
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- : given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: his typically lively and jocose manner.
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Examples
Hence the name of aunt, by which I continued to call Theresa, and which my friends sometimes jocosely repeated.
Out of court Mr. Hallett, it is said, jocosely offers to bet ten dollars that he "will get Mr. Parker indicted."
She, at first, took what I said jocosely; and in her frolicsome humor, did and said things which made me die of love.
Nick accepted jocosely the attitude of suspense, but there was even more of it in his heart than in his face.
"I fancy I can tell an east wind when I feel it," said Mr. Skratdj, jocosely, to the company.
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