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单词 jokey
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Definition of jokey in English:

jokey

(also joky)
adjectivejokiest, jokierˈdʒəʊkiˈdʒoʊki
  • Not serious; teasing or humorous.

    a brief exchange of jokey comments
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She said they became engaged in a jokey text conversation.
    • He was often very jokey and I was always pleased to see him.
    • ‘The police officer was quite jokey at the end of the conversation, but said I'd have to remove the advert,’ he added.
    • Working for opposing stations the two men relished the jokey adversarial relationship they shared - one which continues until today.
    • Ryan's whole body tensed up and his jokey, light-hearted aura dissipated in a second.

Derivatives

  • jokily

  • adverbˈdʒəʊkɪliˈdʒoʊkəli
    • In a teasing or humorous manner.

      he jokily refers to his paternity leave as a holiday
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thomas seems an unlikely candidate for what she jokily calls ‘a quarter-life crisis’.
      • ‘Sometimes it's quite nice to have him around, actually,’ she says, jokily but with an underlying tenderness.
      • Bush senior had jokily asked for a seat near the back so that no one would see him crying with emotion.
  • jokiness

  • noun ˈdʒəʊkɪnɪsˈdʒoʊkinəs
    mass noun
    • The quality of being teasing or humorous.

      the initial jokiness gives way to a spiky drama
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Overt jokiness would damage the film's dramatic approach.
      • Ten or 15 years ago, this would have been a very different book, full of the referential jokiness of postmodernism.
      • Byford, a large man whose boyish jokiness can suddenly give way to stern-faced impatience, suddenly grew colder.

Rhymes

chokey, croaky, folkie, folky, hokey, hokey-cokey, hoki, karaoke, Loki, okey-dokey, Okie, pokey, poky, smoky, trochee

Definition of jokey in US English:

jokey

(also joky)
adjectiveˈjōkēˈdʒoʊki
  • Not serious; teasing or humorous.

    a brief exchange of jokey comments
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was often very jokey and I was always pleased to see him.
    • Ryan's whole body tensed up and his jokey, light-hearted aura dissipated in a second.
    • Working for opposing stations the two men relished the jokey adversarial relationship they shared - one which continues until today.
    • ‘The police officer was quite jokey at the end of the conversation, but said I'd have to remove the advert,’ he added.
    • She said they became engaged in a jokey text conversation.
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