jocularjoc‧u‧lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formal jocularOrigin:
1600-1700 Latin jocularis, from jocus; ➔ JOKE1 - At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.
- His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.
- I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style.
- Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.
- To those ballads he added a substantial leavening of others that were complimentary, jocular, and satirical.
nounjokejokerjokinessjocularityadverbjokinglyjokilyjocularlyadjectivejokeyjocularverbjoke