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half-jokinglyadverbPartly in a humorous manner and partly in earnest: a friend and former teacher half-jokingly suggested we start a school together...- The basketball tournament was an idea we'd been talking about half-jokingly for several months.
- Once in the hallway, he half-jokingly asks me, for the seventh time that day, about the secret of my fruitfulness.
- He ended his remarks by half-jokingly telling reporters to put stories about his recovery bond on their front pages.
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