jokingly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in jest
    jestingly.
    • I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express
  2. adverb not seriously
    facetiously; tongue-in-cheek.
    • I meant it facetiously

WordNet


Jok"ing*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a joking way; sportively.

Webster 1913