(There is an ogreish kind of jocularity in Grandfather Smallweed to-day.) "And you can refuse, you mean, eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House]
"At least twenty," he said with his old jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
At times, the jocularity seems to get away from them. From Wordnik.com. [Album review: Ozomatli's 'Fire Away'] Reference
These days, jocularity and sadness get relatively equal play. From Wordnik.com. [lazarus Diary Entry] Reference
"Welcome, home, Honey!" he bawled, with his detested jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Duncan waved aside Strongfist's jocularity as if it smelled bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Bill had his own purposes behind his slightly uneasy jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [White House Civil War] Reference
Himself asked politely, good manners and jocularity in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
The closer they were to action, the more jocularity bothered him. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
“Is it a secret?” asked Sir Arthur, with adamantine jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
In spite of the jocularity of his words, Jim's voice sounded hollow. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"Don't let it distress you," he said, with an attempt at jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
And it was Joe's jocularity which in the end subdued her rebel spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
And now is the time when the masters show their wit and jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
But let's not get too caught up in the jocularity of this administration. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Edwards: Inspiration in Art] Reference
HENRY: After the jocularity Mr. Obama was asked what kind of mandate he has. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2008] Reference
HENRY: After the jocularity, Mr. Obama was asked what kind of mandate he has. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2008] Reference
"Must 'a' got your feet wet, Brenner?" the sheriff said with heavy jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Front-de-Boeuf, on the contrary, seemed impatient of their ill-timed jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
The anxious jocularity of a man who is expending two thousand crowns sat on their host. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Skin] Reference
And he said it was the one moment of sort of jocularity, though a morbid sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters] Reference
There is no proportion between the powers which he shews in serious talk and in jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.] Reference
I noted early on Jeffress often has a kind of impish jocularity with a William H. Macy face. From Wordnik.com. [Pachacutec: Patrick Fitzgerald's Closing Argument] Reference
Accountants, economists, and bankers are not generally known for their whimsical jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush administration's banking treacheries.] Reference
A laugh at Hardy's expense was the result of this attempt at jocularity on the part of Mr. Williams. From Wordnik.com. [Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City] Reference
Constance sniffed, but a little jocularity was not going to deter her from the luxury of confession. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
He turned to the rest of the company and realized too late that jocularity was the least he had to fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
"Will you say the same to me, Leam?" asked her father with an attempt at jocularity, advancing toward her. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Norman pushed his way between the spectators and with assumed jocularity demanded to know the cause of dispute. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
And there is the experienced Nettles as a Claudius who declines from avuncular jocularity to a rattled insecurity. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet] Reference
Mr. Wild's acting displays that happy medium between jocularity and earnest, which is the perfection of burlesque. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841] Reference
It ought also to bar the simply witty man; for what is more jarring than a misplaced wit or an ill-timed jocularity?. From Wordnik.com. [From a Girl's Point of View] Reference
HENRY: Not as much jocularity in the president's one-on-one with Chinese President Hu Jintao, but the meeting was warm. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2009] Reference
"Very good, sir," replied the lieutenant, dropping his unwonted jocularity and relapsing into his matter-of-fact official manner. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
There was a quiet jocularity in the motion of its long pendulum, as if it were laughing bitterly that anyone could be in a hurry. From Wordnik.com. [Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories] Reference
Each walked cautiously around the other, watching for an opening — their cautiousness provoked much jocularity in the onlookers. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
“You must have been very much in love to want to talk to anybody at that hour of the morning,” said Woods, with bitter jocularity. From Wordnik.com. [Death of Jezebel]
"I alternate between jocularity and righteous indignation," he says to his audience of approximately 80 Southern California businessmen. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bonifer: Breitbart's Game] Reference
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