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Meanings of jokey in English

Playful and characterized by jokes.

Usage of jokey in English
1
I know that manufacturers often make claims about their products' jokey personifications.
The Irish Times
2
The jaunty music appears to be pointing us in a jokey direction.
The Irish Times
3
They had a tradition of writing each other jokey verse to celebrate.
The Irish Times
4
Mike's face changed from being open and jokey to hardened and guarded.
Perfect
5
Another faux pas: using the captions as a place to add jokey commentary.
Wired
6
You're the sign most likely to wish you could retract a jokey hint!
The South African
7
There's a jokey, boy's own quality to much of the commentary.
Radio NZ
8
He had been approached to write books before, but always jokey high-concept books.
The Guardian
9
Far from being sinister, his mask is a jokey icon of festive citizenship.
The Guardian
10
There were only a few jokey fights with the assembled pack.
The Irish Times
11
They had concluded that this was only one of his jokey gempman's ways.
V. V.'s Eyes
12
Essentially this is Top Gear for food: a jokey, blokey exercise in excessive indulgence.
The Guardian
13
I presented it as jokey evidence that I was wired that way all along.
The Guardian
14
The Daily Telegraph admitted as much in its jokey story.
The Irish Times
15
Photo: Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Schumann was in a jokey mood for these Novellettes.
Radio NZ
16
The witch's demise features a jokey, back-from-the grave Carrie moment.
The Guardian
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