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also joky
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Recent Examples of jokey
There are also chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship with Epstein than Mandelson had disclosed.
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
There are also scores of chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship than Mandelson had previously disclosed.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Tamma has a madcap quality, playful, very jokey.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
However, if Harry's jokey swipe were to start a public dispute with the president, the stakes could be high for the prince following public comments by Trump in 2024 about the prince's visa and past use of drugs.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
There are also scores of chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship than Mandelson had previously disclosed.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Tamma has a madcap quality, playful, very jokey.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
However, if Harry's jokey swipe were to start a public dispute with the president, the stakes could be high for the prince following public comments by Trump in 2024 about the prince's visa and past use of drugs.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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These documents further illuminated the extent of the friendship between Bannon and Epstein, whose private exchanges are jocular, even affectionate at times.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Over the decades the band’s music has moved steadily toward the kind of classic rock that punks once professed to hate — think of Led Zeppelin, think of Aerosmith, go ahead and think of Boston — while Grohl has taken up the role of jocular frontman with a gusto approaching that of David Lee Roth.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The fun of this salad is the playful textures of super-crispy rice made from day-old leftovers.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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No doubt that playful warmth played a part in him being cast as Luffy, a hilariously nonchalant, yet utterly sincere would-be pirate.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The earlier film, directed by James Whale, begins with a campy scene of Mary Shelley telling her husband—Percy Bysshe Shelley—and Lord Byron of her plans for a sequel, setting up the film as the fulfillment of that ostensible wish.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Based on the 1992 campy classic movie starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis and Isabella Rossellini, the stage musical bowed on Broadway in 2024.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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Leclerc responded only with a wry smile.—
Brad Spurgeon,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2026
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Davis is wry and quietly defiant of stereotype, her Elaine’s composure hard-won and her sacrifice of certain kinds of sympathy fully comprehensible.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Yet despite that apparent simplification, the trenches themselves were in line with Lee’s exuberantly experimental creative urges; playful, ingenious, complex, and witty.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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The bright Moon is in your witty sign, gifting you with unusual emotional insight.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2024
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And while there was something magical about each of these journeys—because road trips are inherently spontaneous, whimsical, and (well) carefree—one really stood out.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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Less than a month ago, Destiny Littleton posted on Instagram about a whimsical visit to a McDonald’s in Jerusalem, where the former USC shooting guard is playing professional basketball.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Last fall, New York’s Republican State Committee suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Last fall, New York's Republican State Committee suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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