jovially
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Making the rounds of TV talk shows, she jovially defended her old-fashioned lifestyle and dubbed herself an endangered species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Not as much as Americans, who Smith jovially admitted to taking pains to avoid in her walkabouts.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
If that's a dig at his bandmate, its meant jovially.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
“I keep seeing the exit door,” Patinkin, 69, said jovially on a video call from his cabin in the Hudson Valley in New York.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
“Three?” said Mr. Corcoran to me jovially, holding up three fingers.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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