half-jokingly en · ADV
Etymology
From half- + jokingly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest.
I wrote a piece, half-jokingly, for The Independent suggesting that it was all part of a cunning plan by ministers to deter people from using the railways. […] I now suspect this was rather closer to the truth than I had thought.
2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
Translations (5)
pl pół żartem, pół serio (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest) · gd eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-trì (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest) · gd eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-rìribh (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest) · pl półżartem (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest) · it tra il serio e il faceto (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)