jokingly
Example Sentences
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Lockwood jokingly added: "A tussle, yeah. We wrestled like pigs in the mud!"
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though they had both worked with Cirque du Soleil, the two had never met when they entered into what he jokingly calls “an arranged marriage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Before their departure, a professor jokingly quips to Dwayne: “I can’t wait to have your child in my class in the year 2014.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
One group of devoted players jokingly created a boilerplate agreement for a “GTA”-induced leave of absence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
As we jogged to catch up with him, we jokingly tripped and pushed each other into the bushes.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
