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Jokingly

//ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a joking manner.

    "San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women."

Adverb
  1. 1
    not seriously wordnet
  2. 2
    in jest wordnet

Etymology

From joking + -ly.

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