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jokingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • [ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.lɪ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.liː/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English joking Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English jokingly From joking + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a joking manner.
    • Ramsay and Lil Nas X’s panini party comes less than two weeks after the latter had jokingly asked the “Masterchef” star to make a guest appearance on the remix of his latest single, “Panini.” 2019 July 5, Michael Bartiromo, “Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X meet up to make panini sandwiches, play with knives”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
    • San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women. 2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most jokingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more jokingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unjokingly · half-jokingly

Translations (4)

eo ŝerce (jokingly) · pl żartem (jokingly) · pl żartobliwie (jokingly) · pl w żartobliwy sposób (jokingly)