jovially

Example Sentences

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Making the rounds of TV talk shows, she jovially defended her old-fashioned lifestyle and dubbed herself an endangered species.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

If that's a dig at his bandmate, its meant jovially.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

“My first two companies were in A.I., but now I’m in crypto,” he said jovially.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

“Yossarian, is there anything I can do for you while you’re here, anything I can get you ?” Yossarian teased him jovially.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller