more jocular
Example Sentences
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He is more jocular when glossing over the way in which he helped galvanise Munster.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013
The offstage dynamic between the two actors seems far more jocular and mutually respectful than their onstage rapport.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2012
In a more jocular vein, MacNeil explained that Democrat George Mahoney had lost in his bid to become Maryland's Governor because such traditional Maryland Democratic voters as David Brinkley had turned against their party.
From Time Magazine Archive
A more jocular tone was taken by the Earl of Mornington, soon to become the Marquis Wellesley.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
Indeed, as she tripped along beside Reuben, it seemed to him that she had never been in a more jocular and vivacious humor.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
