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

Whittaker laughs jovially when he recalls the moment he arrived home in Australia to his wife and kids.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

“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