Wondering how to use Jocularly in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Jocularly meaning
In a jocular manner; humorously.
Using Jocularly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a jocular manner; humorously.
- In the example corpus, jocularly often appears in combinations such as: jocularly told.
Context around Jocularly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jocularly
- In this selection, "jocularly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, friday, somewhat, used, told, especially and barely stand out and add context to how "jocularly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include however buhari jocularly told the and is used jocularly especially when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jocularly" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jocularly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This lighthearted and common word is used jocularly, especially when referring to children. (13 words)
It is jocularly claimed to be derived from the German word "Abend" meaning "evening". (14 words)
Somewhat jocularly, some motorists have advocated that the competition be made an annual, month – long event with Anambra State as perennial host! (22 words)
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". (34 words)
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. (33 words)
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. (31 words)
Somewhat jocularly, some motorists have advocated that the competition be made an annual, month – long event with Anambra State as perennial host! (22 words)
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".
Common combinations with jocularly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: