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jokingly

/ˈdʒoʊkɪŋɫi/ adv

In a joking manner.

Word Origin From Latin iocus, meaning 'jest, sport.' Jokingly is built on joke, with the -ing and -ly suffixes, so it's 'in a joking manner.' The Latin iocus also gave us jocular, jocose, and jocund — all words for playful merriment. The PIE root *yek- meant 'to speak,' and you can see how playful speech became the core of joking.

adv In a joking manner.

He jokingly suggested they should all quit their jobs and become musicians.

(副词) 开玩笑地；戏谑地；打趣地

他开玩笑地建议大家都辞职去当音乐家。

(adverbio) en broma; bromeando; en tono de broma; en chanza [En tono de broma; bromeando.]

Bromeando, sugirió que todos deberían renunciar a sus trabajos y convertirse en músicos.

(adverbe) en plaisantant; pour rire; par plaisanterie; en badinant; pour blaguer [D'une manière plaisante, en plaisantant.]

Il suggéra **en plaisantant** qu'ils devraient tous quitter leur emploi pour devenir musiciens.

(Adverb) scherzhaft; im Scherz; spaßeshalber [Auf eine scherzhafte oder nicht ernst gemeinte Weise.]

Er schlug **jokingly** vor, sie sollten alle ihre Jobs kündigen und Musiker werden.

(副詞) 冗談めかして、面白半分に

彼は皆仕事を辞めてミュージシャンになったらと冗談で提案した。

(advérbio) brincalhonamente; gracejando; em tom de brincadeira; zombariamente [De maneira brincalhona.]

Ele sugeriu brincando que todos deveriam largar seus empregos e se tornar músicos.

Synonyms: facetiously playfully humorously teasingly lightheartedly jestingly waggishly flippantly Antonyms: seriously solemnly earnestly gravely
Word parts: joke + ing + ly

Common collocations

say verb have verb to prep be verb of prep refer verb half adj call verb even adv remark verb suggest verb

Related words

joke joker jokey jokester

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