jocosely : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jocosely	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jocosely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jocosely adv with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" Synonym(s): jocosely, jocular
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jocose \Jocose"\, a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See {Joke}.] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. --Shaftesbury. All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. --I. Watts. Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. -- {Jocose"ly}, adv. -- {Jo*cose"ness}, n. Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. --Broome. He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. --Buckle.