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
Whittaker laughs jovially when he recalls the moment he arrived home in Australia to his wife and kids.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
It’s a countryish song with south-of-the border touches like marimba and flutes, a style jovially summed up as “Gulf and Western.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
“That’s good,” the colonel exclaimed, and stood up jovially.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
