jokey
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Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Yet Mr. Trump’s over-the-top rhetoric about Iran’s civilizational erasure came the same day he engaged in relaxed and jokey conversation with the Artemis astronauts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The tone of the messages from this time is often jokey and indiscreet, occasionally veering into excruciatingly frank.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
For his monologue, Wolfhard was joined by his “Stranger Things” co-stars Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin after showing a few jokey clips illustrating how much he grew up on the show, including going through puberty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
“Radical, dude,” he said in jokey surfer speech before turning back.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
Finland: Its best could be Nokia. 2,300 Style Invitational entries: even the best could be jokier.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
Other segments are indeed jokier in tone, since "Bubba the Love Sponge" was supposed to be a comedy show.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2019
There, it was altogether jokier; here it’s got an earnestly efficient cool.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2016
It has more of the feel of a traditional family sitcom than the louder, jokier competition on Nickelodeon, but the humor is still pretty broad and the plotting blunt for anyone outside that age group.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2014
Others, such as Caledonian Smoking Picture, from the same year, are jokier.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2011
