Associations to the word «Jokingly»

Wiktionary

JOKINGLY, adverb. In a joking manner.

Dictionary definition

JOKINGLY, adverb. In jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express".
JOKINGLY, adverb. Not seriously; "I meant it facetiously".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope