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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
jocose \jo*cose"\ (j[-o]*k[=o]s"), adjective [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See {Joke}.] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. --Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. --I. Watts.
Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. -- {jo*cose"ly}, adverb -- {jo*cose"ness}, noun
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. --Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. --Buckle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jocosely
adverb: with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" [syn: {jocular}]
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