Voorbeelden van jocosely

• She put her ten fingers before her face to represent bars, and peeped through them jocosely.

• He believed that children should always be spoken to jocosely.

• Her appearance was jocosely remarked upon at the time by her mother.

• He did not speak much, and jocosely as usual, but spoke in the tone of a commander, who was convinced of the other's guilt.

• She declared jocosely that it should be given to the first one of our girls who married.

• Now the parts were reversed, and the younger man found great solace in jocosely rallying his senior on his unwonted zeal and activity.

• I guess," jocosely, "your headache has made you 'see things at night,' hasn't it?

• I asked the question jocosely, but she took it up with seriousness.

• He could take things easily and jocosely, and have no thought of consequences.

• It was thought to bear the complexion of a joke, and we both laughed quite jocosely at it.

• He tucked his umbrella under his arm and jocosely spelled his name for her further enlightenment.

• He was a bachelor, and his only idea regarding children was that they should be treated jocosely.

• Somehow, the nickname, jocosely given, remained in use.

• The horse need not have a mouth, even, he added, jocosely, for reasons nobody need explain.

• The other answered jocosely and walked away; a door closed behind him.

• The president spoke jocosely, but there was a significant tone in his voice.

• I asked him what he meant, and he answered jocosely.

• Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.