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joky, a.|ˈdʒəʊkɪ|
Also jokey.
[f. joke n. + -y.]
Inclined to joke, jocular. Also, subject to jokes, ridiculous.
1825–80Jamieson, Jokie, jocular, fond of a joke, as, ‘He's a fine jokie man’. 1894H. H. Gardener Unoff. Patriot 39 Feel jokey to-day, do you, you ridiculous Bob White? 1964‘N. Blake’ Sad Variety viii. 149 ‘Leake,’ I said, ‘your mind's as jokey as your clothes.’ 1970Homes & Gardens May 145/1 Despite the jokey reputation that middle-class British hotels enjoy, they compare very well indeed for comfort with their European and US counterparts. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 1014/4 Crops up again in less joky moments. Ibid. 1021/1 A jokey ‘textbook’ tricked out with comic diagrams. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1142/4 The use of anachronism..is now a joky, selfconscious device.
Add: Hence ˈjokily adv., in a joky manner.
1976Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 2/5 Jokily-named Baudines regret helping wounded man in Shanklin. 1988Observer 30 Oct. 15/4 He claims this practice is a joke, but who wants to be stabbed jokily? |