variants
or less commonly joky
jokier; jokiest
Examples of jokey in a Sentence
the jokey tone of his stories
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There is nothing funny about the film’s jokey title, which is just a strained metaphor.
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Despite more complicated challenges, the cast are as jokey and jovial as ever.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is the last jokey metaphor in a franchise built on jokey metaphors!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Even the jokey post-credits scenes tend to have some significance (like the payoff of Red Guardian finally getting to be on a Wheaties box in Thunderbolts*), and many of the other sorts of post-credits scenes contain jokes.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 24 July 2025
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Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Despite more complicated challenges, the cast are as jokey and jovial as ever.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is the last jokey metaphor in a franchise built on jokey metaphors!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
Even the jokey post-credits scenes tend to have some significance (like the payoff of Red Guardian finally getting to be on a Wheaties box in Thunderbolts*), and many of the other sorts of post-credits scenes contain jokes.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for jokey
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jokey. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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