They have hardened themselves in the excess of a jocular way, that a man cannot tell whenever they are serious. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Adjective : jocular remarks about opera stars. From Dictionary.com.
This, and my being esteem'd a pretty good riggite, that is, a jocular verbal satirist, supported my consequence in the society. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin] Reference
“Well, he — sometimes he would be a bit what he used to call jocular — about the spirits, you know, and what they said.”. From Wordnik.com. [When Last I Died]
This, and my being esteemd a pretty good riggite, that is, a jocular verbal satirist, supported my consequence in the society. From Wordnik.com. [Paras. 51-100] Reference
'Bonhomme' -- 'Good Man' -- is a kind of jocular name we give to every simple old fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making] Reference
If a reporter asks a question and gets only a hand gesture as a response, what exactly makes it read as "jocular"?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
It was the kind of jocular command he had harmlessly issued to countless women in her presence. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
The sea-captain opened his mouth in a jocular roar. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
I was as jocular at the time as Jiggy Crawford himself. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Her jocular brother Allessandro performs kitchen antics. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Bringing Home a Taste of Bologna] Reference
They plunged with hearts almost jocular into the woods on. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Snuff made men forbearing, even jocular over their wrongs. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Engagement with him would be jocular levity and merely that. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Gaelic, and he made a jocular remark there is no English for. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The creature's jocular expression is sinister and pernicious. From Wordnik.com. [Little Pi.ec.es] Reference
"Aw, come off!" he began, in what he meant to be jocular tones. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
Guy made a jocular observation and hurried past him into the hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Last week, we made a passing and jocular reference to Wiccaphobia. From Wordnik.com. [Project Bloat] Reference
Mr. Lawrence was going to add some jocular words to the effect that. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
She was a little flurried on entering a room full of jocular clerks. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He walked to and fro, saying to himself in what seemed a jocular tone. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
The jocular rapport he creates with his guests isn't confined to the set. From Wordnik.com. [Late Bloomer] Reference
"Want a partner here, Joe?" called out Ralph to his friend in a jocular way. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
"As far as it goes, Joseph," replied the jocular Snac, "it's noble, to be sure.". From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
Skeffington was dismissed with a jocular reproof, and an invitation to breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
And they reveled in each other's jocular company -- two beefy showmen who love to talk. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Yeltsin Doctrine'?] Reference
Things were moving just now as Mr. Davlin approved, and he felt inclined to be jocular. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
I., -- the "Boney" to whom he has adhered with such constant, albeit jocular, animosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
This was his jocular deliberation so as to stay hidden from himself behind a wall of thought. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
"It was an extremely vivid dream, Myra," continued Don Carlos, ignoring the jocular question. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
The regular pacing of the sentinel ceased and he hailed the approaching quartet in a jocular way. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
I had no way to respond to such a story, particularly the jocular way in which the old man told it. From Wordnik.com. [Vacation] Reference
Some of our jocular shipmates had quite a different view of this proceeding, for, if we are to believe them, the. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Some of his works contain passages, written in a jocular strain, indicative of a bright and cheerful temperament. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
He pretended to be exceedingly jocular and familiar with his pupils, but was really always on the alarm for his dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
I knew them nearly jocular, I knew them tall, light-footed laddies, running about the pastures there gallivanting with the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
He was a jocular fellow with the right heart for a duello, and in his nipped burgh Gaelic he made light of the disturbance and his injury. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
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