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also joky
as in jocular
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Recent Examples of jokey
Burr was jokey and conspiratorial, warm and whispery one moment, explosive the next, but strategically.
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Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Reynolds replied in his characteristic jokey way, though his comment elicited uncomfortable laughter and stunned looks from Kevin Costner and other celebrities in the audience.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
His elegant dispatch was a distinct departure from the jokey writing that had previously filled the magazine.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Her family, for instance, wouldn’t let anyone get away with any jokey remarks about Arabs.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Reynolds replied in his characteristic jokey way, though his comment elicited uncomfortable laughter and stunned looks from Kevin Costner and other celebrities in the audience.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
His elegant dispatch was a distinct departure from the jokey writing that had previously filled the magazine.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Her family, for instance, wouldn’t let anyone get away with any jokey remarks about Arabs.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Could all this jocular, misogynistic vulgarity influence anybody?—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The brown leather exterior means it can be dressed up with office clothes while its size and woven design are playful enough to work with casual looks like Birkenstocks, a tee, and loose jeans.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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The video highlights their daily companionship—gentle walks, cozy cuddles, and playful moments—illustrating how both found comfort and healing in each other's company.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And bringing in a dream team of new ones — Hugh Grant as the ridiculously campy villain, Phoenix Buchanan — was also a breeze.—
Sarah Bahr,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He’s regarded as someone who’s down-to-earth, a tremendous teammate and a dressing room cutup thanks to his quick and wry sense of humour.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The sense of incidence with which May ’68 plays out, far in the background, speaks to a film for which the political is of little importance, or at least one that reflects the political through wry non-confrontations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Around this time, the outfit’s quirky, lightly rumbustious songs began to resonate across British press and radio; accessible while containing a marked dose of strangeness, Fontaine’s songwriting – at once emotionally raw and witty – boasted a strong multi-generational appeal.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
8 May 2025
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Comments Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans, the stars of the upcoming movie Honey Don't!, have plenty of witty banter and action in the trailer released Wednesday.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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But their colorful, whimsical looks have won them admirers the world over.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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That’s a bit of a nostalgic and whimsical reference, but indeed there are some elements that ring true.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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The outright comedy relief (notably Milo Mechem-Miller and Christopher Burnside as Bill-and-Ted-like sidekicks to the Prince) doesn’t quite work; ditto the attempt to paint Snow, the Prince and their friends in flippant modern-youth terms, while simultaneously selling classic fairy-tale romance.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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But in the wider community, the word can sound flippant or even objectifying.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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