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Definition of jocular in English: jocularadjective ˈdʒɒkjʊləˈdʒɑkjələr Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. 爱开玩笑的；开玩笑的；幽默的，顽皮的，逗乐的 she sounded in a jocular mood 她听起来像是在开玩笑。 他的嗓音很逗乐。 Example sentencesExamples - This incident encapsulated the nature of the jocular Scotsman's influential ministry.
- Like many a fond father he was relaxed, expansive and jocular.
- It takes talent to transform a joke into a jocular jewel and the cast of the Mad Mission movies succeeds time and time again.
- They show no signs of mistreatment and even have a jocular relationship with the two guards.
- While jocular and jovial most of the time, these two titans can grow a bit wearisome with their constant credit taking.
- Dublin had just demolished Donegal and he was in particularly jocular mood.
- Harmless jokes or jocular winking at the workplace can lead to activation of such guidelines.
- Two terribly eager young men were dueling with megaphones, exchanging jocular insults across the concourse.
- For one significant reason, the jocular Thomson can afford not to be too downbeat about the Fifers' 8-1 mauling on their own patch last month.
- In a jocular way he replied, Lucky you, and walked on.
- In a jocular vein he speaks about the raw deal meted out to directors by certain half-baked specialists ‘who speak authoritatively’ about cinema.
- The discussion was fast paced and jocular, with nearly all of the jokes at the expense of IMX's desperate competitors.
- July is one of the most popular jocund, jocose, and jocular months of the year.
- And the president's habit of roughing people up with jocular derision doesn't work as well when the trappings of power aren't all around him.
- You'll be splenetic and over-heated and I'll be jocular and whimsical.
- Before departing on my jocular journey, I needed to know a little more about the ‘Land of Blizzards, Bugs & Beer’.
- Jack was blessed with a sunny, jocular disposition and was never rushed, making time for everyone.
- Like previous national meetings, the NAS conference proceeded in a mostly serious, yet occasionally jocular mood.
- Witty and polished, the film takes a jocular view of the characters and their failings but doesn't judge events.
- This was his rather jocular response at the time.
Synonyms humorous, funny, witty, comic, comical, amusing, chucklesome, droll, entertaining, diverting, joking, jesting, hilarious, facetious, tongue-in-cheek playful, light-hearted, jolly, jovial, cheerful, cheery, merry, mirthful, roguish, waggish, whimsical, teasing informal jokey dated sportive rare jocose, ludic
Derivativesnoun dʒɒkjʊˈlarɪtiˌdʒɑkjəˈlɛrədi But I think some decent and sincere people on the Right misunderstand the jocularity around here for a lack of sincerity. Example sentencesExamples - His voice was completely at odds with the content of what he had just said, light to the point of jocularity.
- But despite his forced jocularity, desultory attempts at humour, and spurts of nervous energy, Obree is a husk of heroism past.
- The jocularity soon gave way to ‘the bad omen theory’.
- Bartending is about banter and jocularity, but it is also often about maintaining a cautious eye, and to some extent, babysitting.
adverb ˈdʒɒkjʊləliˈdʒɑkjələrli ‘And the money is welcome too,’ says Ashdown jocularly. Example sentencesExamples - Graul jocularly denied he ever went to the event.
- He remarked jocularly, ‘It is because of the joint family that I am here now.’
- ‘The Rainbow Theatre once screened only English films and it was beyond my capacity to understand them,’ he confessed jocularly.
- Tony answers jocularly that it's his nature - you know, as in the tale of the frog and the scorpion.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus (see joke). Definition of jocular in US English: jocularadjectiveˈdʒɑkjələrˈjäkyələr Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. 爱开玩笑的；开玩笑的；幽默的，顽皮的，逗乐的 she sounded in a jocular mood 她听起来像是在开玩笑。 他的嗓音很逗乐。 Example sentencesExamples - July is one of the most popular jocund, jocose, and jocular months of the year.
- This incident encapsulated the nature of the jocular Scotsman's influential ministry.
- In a jocular vein he speaks about the raw deal meted out to directors by certain half-baked specialists ‘who speak authoritatively’ about cinema.
- You'll be splenetic and over-heated and I'll be jocular and whimsical.
- They show no signs of mistreatment and even have a jocular relationship with the two guards.
- In a jocular way he replied, Lucky you, and walked on.
- Before departing on my jocular journey, I needed to know a little more about the ‘Land of Blizzards, Bugs & Beer’.
- Two terribly eager young men were dueling with megaphones, exchanging jocular insults across the concourse.
- Like previous national meetings, the NAS conference proceeded in a mostly serious, yet occasionally jocular mood.
- Dublin had just demolished Donegal and he was in particularly jocular mood.
- This was his rather jocular response at the time.
- The discussion was fast paced and jocular, with nearly all of the jokes at the expense of IMX's desperate competitors.
- And the president's habit of roughing people up with jocular derision doesn't work as well when the trappings of power aren't all around him.
- It takes talent to transform a joke into a jocular jewel and the cast of the Mad Mission movies succeeds time and time again.
- Like many a fond father he was relaxed, expansive and jocular.
- Witty and polished, the film takes a jocular view of the characters and their failings but doesn't judge events.
- While jocular and jovial most of the time, these two titans can grow a bit wearisome with their constant credit taking.
- For one significant reason, the jocular Thomson can afford not to be too downbeat about the Fifers' 8-1 mauling on their own patch last month.
- Jack was blessed with a sunny, jocular disposition and was never rushed, making time for everyone.
- Harmless jokes or jocular winking at the workplace can lead to activation of such guidelines.
Synonyms humorous, funny, witty, comic, comical, amusing, chucklesome, droll, entertaining, diverting, joking, jesting, hilarious, facetious, tongue-in-cheek
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin jocularis, from joculus, diminutive of jocus (see joke). |