jokingly

English

Etymology

From joking +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.liː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

jokingly (comparative more jokingly, superlative most jokingly)

  1. In a joking manner.
    • 2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game‎[1], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      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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