JOCOSE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for JOCOSE, such as:
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.
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
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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
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.
3 They glided from these serious topics into the jocose insults which are the wit of Main Street.
4 The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.
5 "I went there, but I had taken flight," the doctor answered with gloomy jocoseness.
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...
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.
Example Sentence:
1 The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.