Associations to the word «Jokingly»

Wiktionary

JOKINGLY, adverb. In a joking manner.

Dictionary definition

JOKINGLY, adverb. In jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express".
JOKINGLY, adverb. Not seriously; "I meant it facetiously".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats