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joc·u·lar

(jŏk′yə-lər)

adj.

1. Characterized by joking.

2. Given to joking.

[Latin ioculāris, droll, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]

joc′u·lar′i·ty (-lăr′ĭ-tē) n.

joc′u·lar·ly adv.

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jocular

(ˈdʒɒkjʊlə)

adj

1. characterized by joking and good humour

2. meant lightly or humorously; facetious

[C17: from Latin joculāris, from joculus little joke]

jocularity n

ˈjocularly adv

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joc•u•lar

(ˈdʒɒk yə lər)

adj.

given to or characterized by jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks.

[1620–30; < Latin joculāris, derivative of jocul(us) little joke]

joc`u•lar′i•ty, n.

joc′u•lar•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	jocular - characterized by jokes and good humor jesting, jocose, joking humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
Adv.	1.	jocular - with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" jocosely

jocular

adjective humorous, joking, funny, amusing, teasing, jolly, witty, playful, whimsical, comical, jesting, jovial, droll, facetious, roguish, frolicsome, ludic (literary), waggish, sportive, jocund, jocose He was in a less jocular mood than usual.
serious, earnest, solemn, humourless

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jocular

adjective

Intended to excite laughter or amusement:

comedic, facetious, funny, humorous, jocose, witty.

Translations

heiter lustig scherzhaft witzig

giocondo giocoso

jocular

[ˈdʒɒkjʊləʳ] ADJ [person] → gracioso; (= merry) → alegre; [manner] → bromista, chistoso; [remark, reply] → jocoso, divertido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jocular

[ˈdʒɒkjʊlə^r] adj [mood] → jovial(e), enjoué(e); [remark, reference] → facétieux/euse

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jocular

adj → lustig, spaßig, witzig; to be in a jocular mood → zu Scherzen or Späßen aufgelegt sein

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jocular

[ˈdʒɒkjʊləʳ] adj (person) → gioviale; (remark) → scherzoso/a

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I was afraid he would ask me to give him the berth in some ghastly jocular hint that I could not refuse to take.

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"The soldiers say it feels easier without boots," said Captain Tushin smiling shyly in his uncomfortable position, evidently wishing to adopt a jocular tone.

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He left it late, and returned to it early - as early as three or four in the morning; and on waking up at ten addressed Winnie, bringing in the breakfast tray, with jocular, exhausted civility, in the hoarse, failing tones of a man who had been talking vehemently for many hours together.

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When he had found his leaflet, and offered a few jocular hints upon keeping papers in order, the typewriting would stop abruptly, and Mrs.

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"How are you all this morning?" said Captain Wragge, in his easy jocular way.

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"Why, yes, yes, dinner, you know - just pot luck with us, with your old superintendent, you rascal," he uttered nervously, poking Martin in an attempt at jocular fellowship.

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If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury by his side, or the comrade riding with him in Rotten Row.

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He interrupted his earnest mental soliloquy with a jocular thought at his own expense.

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To whom this honourable and jocular, member fraternally said one day, 'Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want men.