jocosely
Example Sentences
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British Cabinet members openly, jocosely showed their lack of interest in the air force.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the Bulgars will have double incitement to buy Fords, often jocosely called "road bugs," for pleasant travel in their craggy country.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had nine Rolls-Royces and three chauffeurs, a $400,000 yacht on which he once jocosely ran up a flag bearing skull & crossbones.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Dunsany jocosely boasts himself the most ill-dressed man in all County Meath.
From Time Magazine Archive
He employs what has jocosely been called the "Woad" argument; he goes back not to the early Britons, but to Celticism.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
