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
There was a time when you could walk into Zeitgeist, a notorious dive bar in San Francisco, and be certain to see Isaac Fitzgerald jovially drinking there — and, some time later, working the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
“I keep seeing the exit door,” Patinkin, 69, said jovially on a video call from his cabin in the Hudson Valley in New York.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
“No harm will come to that old fellow,” he said jovially.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
