Adjective : jocular remarks about opera stars. From Dictionary.com.
Even you, fermire (he used to give his wife that name jocularly, sometimes), are not so simple as some people would take you to be. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover] Reference
The next time Eva visited Toni she said jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
"Here's to the moon-faced Bessie!" he said jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
By lunchtime Bartels was referring to her jocularly as the. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
"Look here!" he began, jocularly and with a sweeping gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
However "muy mucho" is found, especially when used jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
"Better late than never," said the father's friend jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917] Reference
Clive used jocularly to say, he believed there were no Romans. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
"You're well off in your acquaintance," said M'Iver, jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
I addressed him jocularly, then commandingly, then beseechingly. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
"By Jove!" cried the Captain jocularly, addressing Bob's father. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
"I took that for a crumb-scraper," put in the governor, jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Reserve was at length annihilated, and the fisher jocularly said. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827] Reference
I jocularly added, 'But can't you tell us how you are going to do it?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
"You don't send any across the Atlantic yet?" queried Hesketh jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
"No, you won't, or your teeth either, you cannibal," said David jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
"Surprised, eh?" said Richard jocularly, turning his chair back to the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference
Once or twice Dandy Joe lost his way, and jocularly accosted passers-by to inquire. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
President afterwards jocularly referred to them as "those crackerjacks from Missouri.". From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
"This is why we are being nice to them, joining the winning side," he added jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"But suppose I am drowned before the year is out -- like Roberts?" he suggested jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
"Amn't I like myself this morning?" asked John, jocularly, dandling the bairn in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
But men, as you are doubtless willing to admit, "she went on jocularly," don't know about these things. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
"You live in Mid-Toronto, William," said Whimple, jocularly, "and you ought to know what's going on there!". From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
A Democratic colleague jocularly greets Wellstone in the Senate chamber as "" the last liberal in America. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Political Unitarianism] Reference
"A pretty time of day for a youngster like you to be getting up," cried the old sailor jocularly as he entered. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
Several jocularly remarked that for G---- 's sake we should arrange to have more or less than thirteen present. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Top With the Third Australian Division] Reference
"Aye, here I am, Mr Stokes, as large as life, though not quite so big a man as you," answered the skipper jocularly. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
"The poor fish," remarked Ferd jocularly, but be it said to their credit that no one laughed at this feeble attempt at a joke. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
"Thanks, my dear, for the compliment," replied Dad, bowing to her half-jocularly, half-seriously, while he heaved a deep sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
The Intelligence Officer, being something of a wag, brandished his shaving brush in one hand and with the other jocularly shoved the. From Wordnik.com. [Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery] Reference
'No beggars allowed in this bar,' said one of the professional boarders jocularly, thinking the entrance a bit of playful masquerade. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Next me sat a comical sort of fellow, who did not delay in scraping an acquaintance, and jocularly insisted on introducing all the company. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Dean Swift is said to have jocularly remarked, that he never preached but twice in his life, and then they were not sermons, but pamphlets. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
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