jocosity

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Noun
  • What marks a show of his is the combination of jocularity and generosity.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That sense of jeopardy will always beat The Hundred jocularity every time.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Crucial here is that the markets confirm the flippancy found in the previous question, and much more importantly, would have confirmed it then if anyone had been asking.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The flippancy of the title evokes the internet as Purgatory.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Death by Lightning, adapted by Mike Makowsky from Candice Millard’s 2011 nonfiction book and directed by Matt Ross, hums with the strength of these performances, particularly Shannon’s quiet composure and Macfadyen mining new depths of buffoonery.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Scholz-Carlson’s staging pushes against the deep misogyny of Da Ponte’s libretto by accentuating the buffoonery of the two male romantic leads.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Language There’s some crude language, jesting, and mature comedic themes, but but nothing the modern tween or teen hasn’t seen or heard before.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Cole follows up with a joking request to appear on an interlude on the forthcoming project, then asks whether West could send him a care package of clothes — which West agrees to — before exiting the stage.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Our poll’s options include a joking reference to Dan Marino.
    Greg Cote December 20, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Both arrived at Oxford with the insouciance of privilege, having been privately educated at exclusive institutions, Down at Charterhouse School (Thackeray, Vaughan Williams) and Kay at King’s College School, Wimbledon (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Sickert).
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Duchêne, 30, brings a chic downtown insouciance, shaped by stints at Passerini and Le Taillevent in Paris, Frenchie in London, and Margot in Brooklyn.
    Mehr Singh, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And so the playfulness, the fluidity, and then there was something almost feline or animal or catlike about the character in my imagination.
    Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
  • It was indicated by Michael Serna, executive creative director with Disney Live Entertainment, that such a level of playfulness would continue.
    Todd Martens, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Somehow, though, none of this really detracts from the minute-to-minute joys of a series so distinct in its characterizations, forward-looking in its plotting, and willing to prioritize vivacity and gratification.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But the variety and vivacity of these dozen tracks, all created on an old-school hardware setup, are proof that Cahl Sel doesn’t lack for ideas of his own.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Jocosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocosity. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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