jocular
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clever, facetious, humorous, smart, witty
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DaSilva’s choreography is alternatively jocular and disquieting. — Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, "“The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem," 24 July 2019 Robin smiled and this encouraged Hamid to be more jocular. — Leila Aboulela, Harper's magazine, "Whisky Lullaby," 10 Jan. 2019 The video ricochets back and forth between these two modes, alternately jocular and macabre. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "Donald Glover, Atlanta, and the Ties That Bind," 11 May 2018 In North Dakota, Heitkamp is reprising a jocular spot of her six siblings teasing her about laundry duty, aimed at casting the former state attorney general and petroleum lawyer as the amiable woman next door. — CBS News, "Democrats in tough reelection battles distance themselves from Washington," 11 May 2018 The tone of the summit meeting — much of which was broadcast live in South Korea but not North Korea — was convivial and at times jocular, with Mr. Kim showing surprising honesty about the differences in conditions between the two nations. — Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, "North and South Korea Set Bold Goals: A Final Peace and No Nuclear Arms," 27 Apr. 2018 But doesn't make Trump look good -- or particularly jocular. — Chris Cillizza, CNN, "The single weirdest thing James Comey has said about Donald Trump," 17 Apr. 2018 In the Philippines, brash President Rodrigo Duterte — the recipient of repeated praise from Trump — has crafted his political image through years of jocular machismo, including unseemly rape jokes. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "How anti-feminism is shaping world politics," 30 Jan. 2018 DaSilva’s choreography is alternatively jocular and disquieting. — Maya Phillips, The New Yorker, "“The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jocular.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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