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Meanings of jest in English
Usage of jest in English
1
The words spoken in jest were in the nature of a prophecy.
2
Perhaps I should follow your horses, Marthona said, not entirely in jest.
3
But Microsoft does not regard car software as a subject for jest.
4
It was rather painful; you have spoken a true word in jest.
5
The user suggested police would understand the remarks were posted in jest.
6
In short, she was the talk and jest of the whole town.
7
Evidently she was doubtful whether I spoke in jest or in earnest.
8
His strength had been the jest and the admiration of the soldiers.
9
We shall be the talk and the jest of the whole county.
10
We began to laugh and jest; we talked incessantly all the time.
11
One never knows when you are in jest or when in earnest.
12
What her classmates said in jest must have driven her to despair.
13
Yet I sensed a jest somewhere in the background of his thoughts.
14
There is more of jest than of sorrow in the last line.
15
At first, I doubted whether she was in jest or in earnest.
16
I can tell all kinds of cars, jest by lookin' at 'em.
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Jest through the time
Jest across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common