| 释义 |
jestingly, adv.|ˈdʒɛstɪŋlɪ|
[f. jesting ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a jesting manner; by way of joke or merriment; in jest, not seriously.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 58 The king receyved him after a certayne maner..taunting him iestingly and merily. 1647H. More Song of Soul iii. ii. xli, Thus jestingly he flung out what was true. 1722De Foe Relig. Courtsh. i. ii. (1840) 38 He told me he kept a chaplain, and jestingly told me, he was devout enough for all the rest of the house. 1883Froude in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. II. 256 She had taken the harder parts of her lot lightly and jestingly. |