jokingly

Example Sentences

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"Jokingly I said 'give me a farm then'."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Jokingly asked if he was surprised to be named the opening-day starter, Castillo gave an earnest answer through interpreter Freddy Llanos.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Jokingly, Andrea told the person in line that she should probably get the appointment seller’s number and scribbled it on an old receipt.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Jokingly or deadly serious, we listed or confessed our makeshift menus: starches processed every which way.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2021

Jokingly, Frank said the knife was half his because, if he hadn't pitched me over the fence, I wouldn't have found it.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar