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Jocularly meaning
In a jocular manner; humorously.
Example sentences (7)
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, jocularly told ex-Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, that he would be biased if he asked the ministerial nominee any question during ministerial screening.
Somewhat jocularly, some motorists have advocated that the competition be made an annual, month – long event with Anambra State as perennial host!
This lighthearted and common word is used jocularly, especially when referring to children.
In his response however, Buhari jocularly told the women that their demand for a female Vice President, was a threat to the current holder of the office, Yemi Osinbajo.
A little known and little used suite of 80 column punched-card utility programs known as Basic Programming Support (BPS) (jocularly: Barely Programming Support), a precursor of TOS, was available for smaller systems.
As the car moved on, he then said to Johnson "half-jocularly": "what I ought to have told him was to ride over them", to which Johnson replied "a man after my own heart".
It is jocularly claimed to be derived from the German word "Abend" meaning "evening".