adverb
definition
In a joking manner.
Examples of jokingly in a Sentence
Some people jokingly refer to them as "butt floss."
It wasn't until after he left and Katie jokingly asked if they had set a date, that she remembered.
The Red Hat Society poem was written by Jenny Joseph, who was born in 1932 and jokingly entitled it "Warning."
Two months later, Abdul jokingly told David Letterman on his talk show that her "erratic behavior" was because she had been "abducted by aliens."
Although fluorescent lighting is often jokingly blamed for unflattering dressing room mirror reflections, it is not necessarily a bad way to light a room.
Glancing at Katie in the mirror as she helped with the wedding dress, Carmen spoke jokingly.
Just the other day we were talking and he jokingly said, "I don't know why anyone would like me..." and I replied, "What are you talking about?
She jokingly asked in her acceptance speech whether she really earned it, or whether she just wore everyone down.