jocular
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Mr. Karlborg’s frequently jocular class commentary landed well with his audience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
And its inclusion in a national inventory of cultural heritage currently being created looks set to reignite the jocular dispute.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
He had the jocular demeanor of a college tour guide, an energy I hadn’t expected.
From Slate • May 18, 2024
Julian and he were talking—in jocular, mocking, pedantic Latin—like a couple of priests tidying the vestry before a mass.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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