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jokily
adverb
uk /ˈdʒəʊ.kəl.i/ us /ˈdʒoʊ.kəl.i/
in a way that shows you are not serious:
The pet names the band use for her are jokily star struck.
She jokily warned them: "If you're not careful I'll leave the country."
Related word
jokey
I was asked to write a chapter for a book, and I jokily emailed to say my fee would be £10,000.
She delighted viewers by jokily asking one of the judges for a date.
One visitor jokily described hearing a creaky noise on a windless night.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
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drily
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geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
playfully
rib
standing joke
wag
wisecrack
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