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also joky
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Recent Examples of jokey
Soccer nationalism has become largely carnivalesque— a giant costume party, a jokey, theatrical form of chauvinism.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.
—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
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The files include jokey exchanges and emails planning visits to Epstein properties, teeth-whitening appointments and shopping trips.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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Speaking at a state dinner at the White House, Charles seemed to be in a jocular mood.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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May 21 – June 20 A playful idea could attract the right ally faster than expected today.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Leo July 23 – August 22 A playful risk could turn into something surprisingly grand today.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The gown's feathery sleeves offered a campy flair that made the look equal parts showgirl and high-fashion model.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The best reality shows—every Bravo franchise, The Kardashians, Dance Moms—are anthropological studies with campy one-liners, life blown up to exaggerated proportions.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Marcellus is really, really smart, which Molina imparts via a wry and world-weary voiceover.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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This is the kind of wry, unexpected gallows humor that this show does so well.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kasdan gives viewers an intimate look at the witty Short, 76, through home footage shot by the star and interviews with early collaborators Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara, who died in January of a pulmonary embolism, following a rectal cancer diagnosis.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Yearning for a witty memoir or a lush Costa Rica setting?—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 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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Ricard turned this island into a whimsical microcosm of the good life—one filled with food, drink, creativit,y and communality—and now his descendants are continuing that spirit in partnership with the Zannier hotel group.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Christened Celia, the whimsical carriage is inspired by a fictional actress working in London’s West End at the height of the 1930s.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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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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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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