in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
jokingly
How to use jokingly in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for jokingly.
Editorial note
This June i jokingly told my fiance "I wish you a great husband" on her birthday.
Quick take
in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jokingly gathered in one view.
not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jokingly.
adverb
in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
See also: jestingly
adverb
not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
See also: facetiously, tongue-in-cheek
Example sentences
This June i jokingly told my fiance "I wish you a great husband" on her birthday.
> I then jokingly opened siri and said “Open the garage”.
I jokingly said to my professor a year later "I'm not smart enough for algo".
"I assume he is jokingly suggesting that the detractors are wrong.
Wayyyy back in 2007 I half-jokingly made a prediction about the future of computing.
The article writer then jokingly said: "This argument is like the Post Office suing you for posting a list of zip codes.
I've always said half-jokingly that journalists aren't writers, because they deal with facts and events.
After the Rails exploit was announced I was jokingly mentioning to a friend that this will hit a few Bitcoin exchanges.
People are often surprised that I don't have a strong German accent and I jokingly say that it's because I watched all 10 seasons of Friends a few times in a row.
If you threaten to shoot up a school, even jokingly and totally within your rights, you will be incarcerated for half a year before your trial.
Can you imagine working at the WTC and having a bad day, and jokingly sending an email to a coworker about bombing the place because you're so mad. 9/11 happens a year later, the government looks in its archives for the email you sent, and in a post-9/11 frenzy sends you to Guantanamo to "await trial".
Indeed, mathematicians often jokingly refer to category theory as "abstract nonsense.
So that phrase, that's something you would only say under extreme distress when you had maximal desire to offend me, or I suppose you could use it jokingly between friends, but neither you nor I generally talk that way.
>Make you wonder if our industry's mind share being wasted on web apps and consumer gadgets because of the profitThere is an expression I've heard jokingly about that, something like, "The brightest minds of our generation are working on click-fraud prevention.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jokingly in a sentence?
This June i jokingly told my fiance "I wish you a great husband" on her birthday.
What does jokingly mean?
in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
What part of speech is jokingly?
jokingly is commonly used as adverb.