jokingly
/ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women."
- "Ramsay and Lil Nas X’s panini party comes less than two weeks after the latter had jokingly asked the “Masterchef” star to make a guest appearance on the remix of his latest single, “Panini.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English joking Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English jokingly From joking + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdʒoʊ.kɪŋ.li/
- British English: /ˈdʒəʊ.kɪŋ.liː/
Inflected Forms
more jokingly (comparative)
most jokingly (superlative)