JOCOSE in a Sentence

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1. The prisoner winked at my friend jocosely.
2. The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.
3. They glided from these serious topics into the jocose insults which are the wit of Main Street.
4. His features were not naturally intended to wear a smiling aspect, but he was in general rather given to professional jocosity.

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 Meanings and Examples of JOCOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jocose
 a.  given to joking; merry; humorous
Classic Sentence:
1  Steerforth, after very much improving Mrs. Gummidge's spirits by a cheerful salutation and a jocose embrace, took my arm, and hurried me away.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
2  The old man, who had put on his short sheepskin jacket, was just as good-humored, jocose, and free in his movements.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5
3  They glided from these serious topics into the jocose insults which are the wit of Main Street.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVIII
5  "I went there, but I had taken flight," the doctor answered with gloomy jocoseness.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 22
6  The prisoner winked at my friend jocosely.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7  His features were not naturally intended to wear a smiling aspect, but he was in general rather given to professional jocosity.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.