jestinglyadv.
/ˈdʒɛstɪŋli/ In a jesting manner; by way of joke or merriment; in jest, not seriously.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]
agamec1300
bourdfullya1400
in sportc1450
aplay1459
bourdly1500
in jest1551
bourdingly1552
sportingly1561
jestingly1569
sportingwise1579
sportfullya1586
sportively1656
for fun1750
flippantly1758
pour rire1872
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 58 The king receyued him after a certeyne maner,..taunting him iestingly and merily.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. ii. xli Thus jestingly he flung out what was true.
1734 Defoe's Relig. Courtship (ed. 3) i. ii. 42 He told me, he kept a Chaplain, and jestingly [1722 jesting] told me, he was devout enough for all the rest of the House.
1883 J. A. Froude in Lett. & Memorials J. W. Carlyle II. 256 She had taken the harder parts of her lot lightly and jestingly.
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