Get to know Jesting better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like jocular or joking.
Jesting meaning
- joking
- bantering; ridicule
- mocking
Using Jesting
- The main meaning on this page is: joking | bantering; ridicule | mocking
- Useful related words include: jocose, jocular, joking, humorous.
Context around Jesting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jesting
- In this selection, "jesting" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self, retitled, seemly, levity, becomes and streak stand out and add context to how "jesting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affectionate and jesting nicknames citation and as a jesting nickname for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jesting" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jesting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was the topic of much jesting. (7 words)
Both would appear in later collections (with "The Last Enchantment" occasionally retitled "Jesting with Chaos"). (15 words)
Occasionally, his self-jesting becomes the perfect retort to an insensitive visitor, fortunately a rare type. (16 words)
Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. citation Alcuin himself was known as 'Albinus' or 'Flaccus'. (35 words)
What’s engaging about Giamatti, who teams up with Payne for the first time since “Sideways” (2004), is that such reactionary resignation is voiced with a soft sigh and a dab of jesting levity. (34 words)
Third tale (VI, 3) Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence. (22 words)
Example sentences (8)
What’s engaging about Giamatti, who teams up with Payne for the first time since “Sideways” (2004), is that such reactionary resignation is voiced with a soft sigh and a dab of jesting levity.
Occasionally, his self-jesting becomes the perfect retort to an insensitive visitor, fortunately a rare type.
He also had an entertainer’s subtle edge, a jesting streak that hit like electricity when it was activated.
Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. citation Alcuin himself was known as 'Albinus' or 'Flaccus'.
Both would appear in later collections (with "The Last Enchantment" occasionally retitled "Jesting with Chaos").
It was the topic of much jesting.
The portmanteau "Kripkenstein" has been coined as a jesting nickname for Kripke's reading of the Philosophical Investigations.
Third tale (VI, 3) Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence.