jocose

Example Sentences

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They are bust-a-gut funny — risible, jocose, whimsical, piquant and droll.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2021

In every jocose remark and offhand revelation, O’Brien captures an enigma of our species: We continuously broadcast our true selves — our deepest desires, fears and convictions — to anybody willing to listen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2017

Well you might have to go somewhere else for those jocose jibes and that hit of hope because the Mill feels about as wild and witty as a Banksy this morning.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2013

Her father was not, she insisted, “a joyous, jocose gentleman walking about the world with a plum pudding and bowl of punch.”

From Time • Oct. 19, 2011

“Well aged parent,” said Wemmick, shaking hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, “how am you?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens