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also joky
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Recent Examples of jokey
The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.
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Jill Lawless, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
There are also chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship with Epstein than Mandelson had disclosed.
—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
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Jill Lawless, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
There are also chatty, jokey messages pointing to a much closer relationship with Epstein than Mandelson had disclosed.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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After Wembanyama’s next attempt, all six coaches played a jocular game of hot potato amongst themselves before delivering the ball back to him at the foul line.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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When the worst-case scenario of overindulging was losing an afternoon or buying too many snacks, the genre could stretch that experience into something playful and surreal.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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The bar puts playful twists on classic cocktails, offering things like a tahini old fashioned ($20), complementing the cocktail’s gentle sweetness with a nutty note.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The half-dozen screens punctuating the show with this gesture offer potent and campy but all-too-serious reminders that anger and nostalgia for a world of white supremacy are not dead.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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For the past century, the studio has been synonymous with a handful of characters that first appeared in campy black-and-white Boris Karloff movies and went on to become some of the most recognizable horror iconography of the 21st century.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For his part, Anderson possessed a wry sense of humor and wasn’t above poking fun at himself.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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This is distinct from writing that is humorous, the stuff that will give you a wry smile at best.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fallen Angels itself — about a pair of witty, worldly besties who get blitzed on champagne while considering cheating on their husbands with a mutual old flame — landed its author in trouble with the censors in London.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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While Edebiri is fantastic in the wittier sequences, her dramatic turns lack an effortless authenticity.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The show is gloriously nonsensical: a vague excuse to watch a revolving door of spotlight-hungry pussycats prancing their paws to Webber’s waggish earworms.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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The lace trimming adds a whimsical, almost Parisian touch that pairs effortlessly with everything from jeans to even midi skirts on travel days.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2026
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And then, of course, there’s the food, all of which is very much worth celebrating—and that’s exactly what actor Seth Rogen is doing with his whimsical lifestyle brand Houseplant’s latest collaboration.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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During his Monday night Daily Show episode, the political comic blasted the POTUS’ flippant attitude toward his largely unfavorable military decisions in the SWANA region.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Given how flippant Rodgers has been with his decision-making over the last few years, and his insistence that he won’t be bullied into deciding his future on anyone’s timeline but his makes predicting what the four-time MVP will do quite a tough ask.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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