jokingly

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jokingly

/ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li/ US
/ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.liː/ UK
[ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.lɪ] UK

adverb more jokingly · most jokingly

In a joking manner. San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.

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Closest in meaning: jestingly, tongue-in-cheek, facetiously, laughingly, smiling, jokefully, kiddingly, humorously, jocularly, banteringly, quippingly, jestfully, jocosely, snickeringly, playfully, semihumorously

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@misc{jokingly_2026,
  title = {jokingly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jokingly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}