Half-jokingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 With an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest. not-comparable
"I wrote a piece, half-jokingly, for The Independent suggesting that it was all part of a cunning plan by ministers to deter people from using the railways. […] I now suspect this was rather closer to the truth than I had thought."
Example
More examples"I wrote a piece, half-jokingly, for The Independent suggesting that it was all part of a cunning plan by ministers to deter people from using the railways. […] I now suspect this was rather closer to the truth than I had thought."
Etymology
From half- + jokingly.
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