jocoseness
Example Sentences
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For ease and jocoseness of description it stands almost unapproachable.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
"Don't you approve of a wife burning incense before her husband?" said Sir Hugo, with an air of jocoseness.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
"Am I of any consequence?" he asked, with an effort at jocoseness.
From Jewel's Story Book by Clara Louise Burnham
At table, the pleasures of which in moderation were his only relaxation, he was always animated and merry; and this jocoseness was partly natural, partly intentional.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
"I went there, but I had taken flight," the doctor answered with gloomy jocoseness.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
