jokingly — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a joking manner.

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   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.

   Ramsay and Lil Nas X’s panini party comes less than two weeks after the latter had jokingly asked the “Masterchef” star to make a guest appearance on the remix of his latest single, “Panini.”

Adverb

1. in jest

   Synonyms

   jestingly

   Examples

   I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express

2. not seriously

   Synonyms

   facetiouslytongue-in-cheek

   Examples

   I meant it facetiously