more jocose

ADJECTIVE

funny, playful

Synonyms

WEAK

amusing blithe camp cheerful comic comical crazy daffy droll facetious flaky frolicsome gay gleeful happy humorous jesting jokey joking jolly joshing jovial joyous laughable lighthearted lively ludicrous merry mischievous pleasant roguish sportive teasing wacky waggish whimsical witty

Antonyms

WEAK

morose serious unfunny

ADJECTIVE

cheerful

Synonyms

WEAK

facetious frolicsome funny humorous jocular joking merry playful sportive waggish witty

Example Sentences

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Her manner was more jocose: 'How d'ye do?

From Muslin by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Others are rather the harvest of popular experience than mythical tales, and on the whole the character of this volume is more jocose and less poetical than that of its predecessor.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.

"Good morning to you, Colambre," said his father, in a more jocose tone of reproach; "I am obliged to you for your good company last night."

From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Edgeworth, Maria