Word family noun joke joker jokiness jocularity adjective jokey jocular verb joke adverb jokingly jokily jocularly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjocularjoc‧u‧lar /ˈdʒɒkjələ $ ˈdʒɑːkjələr/ adjective formal JOKING/NOT SERIOUSjoking or humorous → jolly He sounded in a jocular mood. —jocularly adverb —jocularity /ˌdʒɒkjəˈlærəti $ ˌdʒɑː-/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
jocular• Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.• To those ballads he added a substantial leavening of others that were complimentary, jocular, and satirical.• At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.• His attention and trust gave her jocular ease with men and what acceptance she had of her own forceful character.• I was appalled to hear his jovial, jocular style.• a jocular toneOrigin jocular (1600-1700) Latin jocularis, from jocus; → JOKE1 