jokingly

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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 adding: "But being in Rage Against the Machine and having a gammy leg is quite funny."

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2022

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

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2021

Right hand and left again, Round about set amain, Jokingly, laughingly, just as you're bid.

From Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various