Jokingly
adverb
In a way that is not serious, but in a fun or funny manner.
He jokingly said that he could eat a whole cake by himself.
Often appears as...
- jokingly said
- jokingly suggested
adverb
In a way that is not serious, but in a fun or funny manner.
He jokingly said that he could eat a whole cake by himself.
Often appears as...
- jokingly said
- jokingly suggested
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Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Used in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
They jokingly called him the cookie monster at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal
Expresses something not meant to be taken literally, but humorously.
She jokingly accused me of stealing her idea for the prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Light-hearted Tone
Implies a light-hearted tone to make others laugh or smile.
He jokingly said we should skip work and go to the beach instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Used in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
They jokingly called him the cookie monster at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal
Expresses something not meant to be taken literally, but humorously.
She jokingly accused me of stealing her idea for the prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Light-hearted Tone
Implies a light-hearted tone to make others laugh or smile.
He jokingly said we should skip work and go to the beach instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Informality
Used in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.
They jokingly called him the cookie monster at the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal
Expresses something not meant to be taken literally, but humorously.
She jokingly accused me of stealing her idea for the prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Light-hearted Tone
Implies a light-hearted tone to make others laugh or smile.
He jokingly said we should skip work and go to the beach instead.
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Mutant All-Black Penguin...
king penguin astonishing he jokingly said it's a one in a zillion kind of mutation and scientifically calls it very rare he explains that typically melanistic birds will have white spots where melanin pigmentation has failed to color the feathers but it's extremely
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A New Understanding of...
where our excavations were taking place. I've often referred, half jokingly, to this long period of human history as the era of the first global village. Because it's not just the technological innovations that are so remarkable, but also the social innovations
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Curiosity, discovery and...
a sophomore undergraduate, tried to figure this out, and we told that her that in order to do this, you'd have to measure the force of a single hair. Though we kind of only did this jokingly because these hairs are so small, we didn't think it was possible.
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The beginning of the...
of an infinitely hot, infinitely small point. This idea was jokingly referred to at the time as the "Big Bang," but as the evidence piled up, the notion and the name actually stuck. We know that after the Big Bang, the universe cooled down
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3 lessons on starting a...
the day my mother followed her college sweetheart to New York City from Egypt. As fireworks exploded behind the skyline, my father looked at my mother jokingly and said, "Look, habibti, Americans are celebrating your arrival."
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Why I fight for the...
I really hate the fact that people took us as property rather than children. Sometimes they will jokingly say, "You are going to lose your market value the more educated you become." But the truth is,
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Chade-Meng Tan: Everyday...
because we believe that leadership begins with character. We even created a seven-week curriculum on emotion intelligence, which we jokingly call "Searching Inside Yourself."
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Firefighters Battle the...
rod moraga got the page I got a page too for the fire and jokingly you know said to my wife you know it's the big one and kind of laughed and said I'll see in an hour
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Sex Education Should...
My therapist once jokingly said that I needed to pick a struggle. All of this is to say, I really want to create a better transition process for young people,
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
every generation from a single cell and it's at that level that evolution actually acts it's it's a it's a remarkable line of research in fact i remember some months ago i think ryan you and i were talking and and ryan jokingly i i want to emphasize said that like if anybody could make a a
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Mutant All-Black Penguin...
king penguin astonishing he jokingly said it's a one in a zillion kind of mutation and scientifically calls it very rare he explains that typically melanistic birds will have white spots where melanin pigmentation has failed to color the feathers but it's extremely
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A New Understanding of...
where our excavations were taking place. I've often referred, half jokingly, to this long period of human history as the era of the first global village. Because it's not just the technological innovations that are so remarkable, but also the social innovations
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Curiosity, discovery and...
a sophomore undergraduate, tried to figure this out, and we told that her that in order to do this, you'd have to measure the force of a single hair. Though we kind of only did this jokingly because these hairs are so small, we didn't think it was possible.
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The beginning of the...
of an infinitely hot, infinitely small point. This idea was jokingly referred to at the time as the "Big Bang," but as the evidence piled up, the notion and the name actually stuck. We know that after the Big Bang, the universe cooled down
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3 lessons on starting a...
the day my mother followed her college sweetheart to New York City from Egypt. As fireworks exploded behind the skyline, my father looked at my mother jokingly and said, "Look, habibti, Americans are celebrating your arrival."
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Why I fight for the...
I really hate the fact that people took us as property rather than children. Sometimes they will jokingly say, "You are going to lose your market value the more educated you become." But the truth is,
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Chade-Meng Tan: Everyday...
because we believe that leadership begins with character. We even created a seven-week curriculum on emotion intelligence, which we jokingly call "Searching Inside Yourself."
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Firefighters Battle the...
rod moraga got the page I got a page too for the fire and jokingly you know said to my wife you know it's the big one and kind of laughed and said I'll see in an hour
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Sex Education Should...
My therapist once jokingly said that I needed to pick a struggle. All of this is to say, I really want to create a better transition process for young people,
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Princess Eugenie of York
British Royalty
How do I play the princess thing? I don't, really. I don't like talking about it much and find it annoying when people say things like, 'Oh, you're the princess.' One of my best friends jokingly says, 'Hi, Princess,' and I say, 'Shut up.' It is one of the things that bugs me most in the world.
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Stephen Merchant
English Writer
I've jokingly said that everything I'm doing now is filling up the hours before I die, but I do feel that slightly. I have no religious beliefs so this is the ride. This is it. So I'm just like anyone, I suppose, trying to fill out the days in the most interesting way possible.
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Ashish Vidyarthi
Indian Actor
There are many roles and I haven't had the opportunity to do any of them. I jokingly tell people 'Sometimes I wonder, is the film industry waiting for me to die and then say it's sad. He was a good actor. He was underrated and didn't have enough chances.
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Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I jokingly say that the enemies are children, you know. I always say, if you have young kids, your whole goal from the moment they wake up is to make them tired. It's exhausting. Anybody who's got kids knows what I'm talking about.
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Shikhar Dhawan
Indian Athlete
I said jokingly that if you bat like a king, you should also get out like a king; you should not be dismissed like a soldier. If you have made runs aggressively, then you will get out that way, too. That's how it is.
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Bobcat Goldthwait
American Comedian
I don't really pursue acting. I jokingly say that I retired right at the same time people stopped hiring me, but I really don't think I'm very good at it, and I'm not really interested in it anymore as an adult.
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Spencer Matthews
British Businessman
Look, on the first day of 'The Jump' we shared a ski lift together. We got to the top and Vogue skied off and I said, jokingly at the time: 'I'm going to marry that girl.' Turns out, I am.
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Jesse Schell
American Designer
I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the 'Gamepocalypse:' the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.
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Spalding Gray
American Actor
When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.
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Arthur Schwartz
American Composer
I jokingly refer to the word 'gourmet' as the 'g' word.
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Princess Eugenie of York
British Royalty
How do I play the princess thing? I don't, really. I don't like talking about it much and find it annoying when people say things like, 'Oh, you're the princess.' One of my best friends jokingly says, 'Hi, Princess,' and I say, 'Shut up.' It is one of the things that bugs me most in the world.
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Stephen Merchant
English Writer
I've jokingly said that everything I'm doing now is filling up the hours before I die, but I do feel that slightly. I have no religious beliefs so this is the ride. This is it. So I'm just like anyone, I suppose, trying to fill out the days in the most interesting way possible.
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Ashish Vidyarthi
Indian Actor
There are many roles and I haven't had the opportunity to do any of them. I jokingly tell people 'Sometimes I wonder, is the film industry waiting for me to die and then say it's sad. He was a good actor. He was underrated and didn't have enough chances.
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Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I jokingly say that the enemies are children, you know. I always say, if you have young kids, your whole goal from the moment they wake up is to make them tired. It's exhausting. Anybody who's got kids knows what I'm talking about.
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Shikhar Dhawan
Indian Athlete
I said jokingly that if you bat like a king, you should also get out like a king; you should not be dismissed like a soldier. If you have made runs aggressively, then you will get out that way, too. That's how it is.
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Bobcat Goldthwait
American Comedian
I don't really pursue acting. I jokingly say that I retired right at the same time people stopped hiring me, but I really don't think I'm very good at it, and I'm not really interested in it anymore as an adult.
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Spencer Matthews
British Businessman
Look, on the first day of 'The Jump' we shared a ski lift together. We got to the top and Vogue skied off and I said, jokingly at the time: 'I'm going to marry that girl.' Turns out, I am.
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Jesse Schell
American Designer
I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the 'Gamepocalypse:' the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.
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Spalding Gray
American Actor
When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.
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Arthur Schwartz
American Composer
I jokingly refer to the word 'gourmet' as the 'g' word.
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