Definition of "jocularly" []

• In a jocular manner; humourously. (adverb)

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• "In current use, vapors is a word used jocularly, not in allusion to depression but often to suggest mild hysteria or unmanly weepiness."
• "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."
• "Zegri informed him, that "on the preceding night he had had a revelation from Allah, who had condescended to show him the error of his ways, and commanded him to receive instant baptism;" at the same time, pointing to his jailer, he "jocularly" remarked, "Your reverence has only to turn this lion of yours loose among the people, and my word for it, there will not be a Mussulman left many days within the walls of Granada.""