Meanings of almost jocular in English

Even the name was catchy, almost jocular.

So saying, he sent for the Count, and assuming a careless, almost jocular air, thus addressed him:

Returning to the old morality of an honest day's pay for an honest day's work sounds almost jocular.

I've not forgotten what it's like to walk that deck with only my own wits to rely on.' He was almost jocular now.

There are very many variations of performance in every respect, I have seen over twenty geysers in almost jocular, and certainly in overwhelmingly magnificent, activity.