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Meanings of jesting in английском
Usage of jesting in английском
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 through the time
Jesting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare