jovially
Example Sentences
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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
If that's a dig at his bandmate, its meant jovially.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
“My first two companies were in A.I., but now I’m in crypto,” he said jovially.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
There was a time when you could walk into Zeitgeist, a notorious dive bar in San Francisco, and be certain to see Isaac Fitzgerald jovially drinking there — and, some time later, working the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Colonel Korn chucked Havermeyer under the chin jovially, ignoring him, and then addressed himself to Dunbar and Yossarian in a dry monotone.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
