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# jokingly

adverb (jokingly)

«jokingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Jokingly means in a joking way, not seriously, to be funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life it tells the reader that words were not meant seriously. Phrases: say jokingly, jokingly called, half jokingly.

### Examples

- "You're so slow!" she said jokingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x1)
- Dad jokingly called the dog "Your Majesty". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x2)
- He jokingly asked if he could have all the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x3)
- I only said it jokingly, so please don't be upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x4)
- The team jokingly called their old bus "the Rocket". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x5)
- Half jokingly, Mum said she would sell my brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x6)
- And so this Soldier gets alongside of the merchant's daughter, and says to her jokingly-- [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/#x7)

### Note

From joke + -ingly. Similar: teasingly, playfully, in jest. Careful: something said jokingly can still hurt someone's feelings.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jokingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jokingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jokingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jokingly.html) on Mova free.