Get to know Jocular better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like jesting or joking.
Jocular meaning
Humorous, amusing or joking.
Using Jocular
- The main meaning on this page is: Humorous, amusing or joking.
- Useful related words include: jesting, jocose, joking, humorous.
- In the example corpus, jocular often appears in combinations such as: the jocular, and jocular.
Context around Jocular
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jocular
- In this selection, "jocular" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, typically, moments, amusing, videos, contempt and conversational stand out and add context to how "jocular" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a jocular and dismissive and from the jocular to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jocular" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jocular
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jocular contempt for women will come back into fashion. (9 words)
One meaning is "amusing, jocular, droll" and the other meaning is "odd, quirky, peculiar". (14 words)
His spokesman confirmed: 'He did say it, but he did it in a jocular manner. (15 words)
The coiner or the utterer sees a semantic link (sometimes jocular) between the Cockney expression and its referent. citation P. 30. See also * Argot : any language or jargon that is used to obscure the meaning of words, sentences, and phrases. (40 words)
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word. (35 words)
The image of Biden that emerges in the lengthy interview largely mirrors his public persona: at times steadfastly defensive, but in other moments jocular, conversational, and prone to lengthy tangents. (30 words)
True to his jocular style, Rosa occasionally makes subtle references to the untold mystery of the three boys' life: What became of their parents? (24 words)
Example sentences (14)
And so, in between mucking around with cans of Bud Light, Mulvaney has posted one of her typically jocular videos in which she wears Nike branded items.
Jocular contempt for women will come back into fashion.
The image of Biden that emerges in the lengthy interview largely mirrors his public persona: at times steadfastly defensive, but in other moments jocular, conversational, and prone to lengthy tangents.
A jocular and dismissive statement from the distant shores of Poland saying “I am not a clone” will not make this matter go away.
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word.
Burton acted as publisher, while also furnishing the edition with footnotes whose tone ranges from the jocular to the scholarly.
His spokesman confirmed: 'He did say it, but he did it in a jocular manner.
It gave church music more of a jocular performance quality removing the solemn worship they were accustomed to.
One meaning is "amusing, jocular, droll" and the other meaning is "odd, quirky, peculiar".
Retrieved 2010-11-11 There is a significant difference from the way the practice has developed in North America with the jocular threat.
Rococo architecture was an 18th-century, more secular, adaptation of the Baroque which was characterized by more light-hearted and jocular themes.
Some of the stories still often appear in anthologies : * "The Ghost and the Bonesetter" (1838), his first-published and jocular story.
The coiner or the utterer sees a semantic link (sometimes jocular) between the Cockney expression and its referent. citation P. 30. See also * Argot : any language or jargon that is used to obscure the meaning of words, sentences, and phrases.
True to his jocular style, Rosa occasionally makes subtle references to the untold mystery of the three boys' life: What became of their parents?
Common combinations with jocular
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: