jocularity
Example Sentences
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His attempts at jocularity had been thoughtless and misguided but not malevolent, his lawyer said, in a submission to the panel.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023
Gleeful, as defined in the dictionary, suggests a sense of merriment, jocularity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
There’s a kind of jocularity and a camaraderie among you, but there’s also a current of tension and rivalry.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2020
“After 87 and a half minutes of jocularity, the movie pivots in that final shot and ends up in a space that I hope people will find surprising,” Soderbergh explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2019
Obviously there was to be no jocularity tonight.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
