jocosely

in a cheerful or happy manner a group of friends sitting around and commenting jocosely on the other wedding guests Synonyms brightly, cheerfully, cheerily, happily, heartily, gaily, jovially, merrily, mirthfully, smilinglyRelated Words amusedly, exuberantly, giddily, gigglingly, joyfully, joyously; blithely, blithesomely, breezily, gladly, gladsomely, laughingly, lightheartedly, sunnily; amicably, friendlily, friendly, good-humoredly, good-naturedly, jocularly; hopefully, optimistically, sanguinely; blissfully, elatedly, euphorically, rapturouslyNear Antonyms abjectly, dejectedly, despondently, disconsolately, dispiritedly, wretchedly; dolefully, dolorously, forlornly, mournfully, plaintively, sorrowfully; dourly, glumly, mirthlessly, sourly, sternly, sulkily, sullenly; blackly, dismally, drearily, gloomily, pessimisticallyAntonyms bleakly, cheerlessly, darkly, heavily, miserably, morosely, unhappily