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.
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Half-jokingly
Synonyms for "half-jokingly"
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Translations
5 translations across 3 languages.
Italian
1 entries- tra il serio e il faceto adv (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
Polish
2 entries- pół żartem, pół serio adv (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
- półżartem adv (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-rìribh adv (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
- eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-trì adv (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
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