jocoseness
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No magazine of mirth exploded; no mine was sprung; and James entered into his chamber without any visible expression of jocoseness issuing from the fertile brains of Sir John Finett.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
He had not the customary jocoseness when they met at the close of day; he asked no questions about how she had spent her time; his manner was preoccupied.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
He tried to give a little touch of jocoseness to it, but failed miserably.
From A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen by Hamlin Garland
Joseph walked homewards with deliberation, in absent mood, his countenance alternating strangely between a look of mischievous jocoseness and irritable concern; occasionally he muttered to himself.
From The Nether World by George Gissing
Sir Hugo did not put this question with his usual jocoseness, but rather with a lowered tone of interested inquiry; and Deronda felt that any evasion would be misinterpreted.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
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