more jocose
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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 P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen
Her manner was more jocose: 'How d'ye do?
From Muslin by George (George Augustus) Moore
"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 Maria Edgeworth
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