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Meanings of jesting way in English

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Usage of jesting way in English
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I found myself answering her question in the old half- jesting way.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
2
You take much too literally the jesting way in which Mr. Chillingly expresses himself.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03
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But it was only a jesting way of expressing her exceeding love, after all.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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Duthil winked, and in a jesting way replied: It's as good as done, my dear boy.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 5
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Unlike other girls, I never heard her speak in the light jesting way with which others mention a love-affair.
Uncle Max
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He mocks and scorns his deeper nature; and, like Shakspeare in Hamlet, says his deepest things in a jesting way.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
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And Gaude uttered those decisive words in a light, jesting way, as though surprised and amused by her profound grief.
Fruitfulness
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In a jesting way, St. Pierre, who had never seen her before, and knew nothing of her personal life, said,-
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
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In this fashion he continued explaining his ideas while Gregoire listened, again quite lively and taking things in a jesting way.
Fruitfulness
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Only a kind of grunt came from his contracted throat, though he still tried to treat the matter in a jesting way.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1
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A better one exists from an unknown hand, which tells, in a jesting way, the secret of the sorrows of his later life:-
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 / A Magazine...
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He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history as George the Third.
A Tale of Two Cities
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Marie, who was still very flushed, thereupon answered in a jesting way: "Well, it at least proves that I'm not perfect."
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 4
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Are you thinking of taking a bath? asked the gobernadorcillo in a jesting way as he stared at the simple attire of the old man.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
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To Lady Lucy he never spoke of Oliver's opinions, except in a half- jesting way; to other people he did not speak of them at all.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
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When he had counted those three hundred francs, those fifteen louis, he said in a bitter, jesting way, The money hasn't grown on the road.
Fruitfulness
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