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Meanings of
jesting
in inglés
Characterized by jokes and good humor.
joking
jocular
jocose
Related terms
humorous
humourous
Usage of
jesting
in inglés
1
She is
jesting
:
I have it here; Monsieur, the feint is useless.
2
You know that I am not
jesting
;
I mean what I say.
3
Somehow or other, I no longer felt in the mood for
jesting
.
4
You are only
jesting
,
sir; I should be ashamed to take it.
5
Often of a morning Babbitt came bouncing and
jesting
in to breakfast.
6
He let it be seen that this
jesting
was in poor taste.
7
The
jesting
lines at the head of this chapter advert to these.
8
Everywhere men take delight in
jesting
with men and wounding one another.
9
I do it in a
half
-
jesting
spirit, refusing to take death seriously.
10
The ale flowed freely, and there was much laughter and loud
jesting
.
11
He had not been
jesting
when he said this would be perverted.
12
Even his
jesting
allusion to their theatrical arrival in port was cheering.
13
Miss Griggs giggled in a silly way, as if I were
jesting
.
14
He spoke in a
half
-
jesting
manner, but his ironical voice challenged me.
15
At first Skylan thought the ogre was
jesting
,
and he was annoyed.
16
There is no authority for the
jesting
humour given by Lord Bacon.
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jesting
jest
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
jesting tone
jesting way
jesting words
jesting manner
jesting humour
More collocations
Jesting
through the time
Jesting
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare