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also joky
as in jocular
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Recent Examples of jokey
Some 28 years ago, The Simpsons made a jokey reference to a team up of rappers Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra, a match made while the 420-friendly group was allegedly high.
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Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
On this scale, the sound quality can be bad so jokey one-liners and light dialogue get completely lost.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024
This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
To diffuse any animosity, Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch donned protective catching gear before facing Clemens in a live batting practice that spring — a jokey gesture that earned a rare smile from the stoic right-hander.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
On this scale, the sound quality can be bad so jokey one-liners and light dialogue get completely lost.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024
This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
To diffuse any animosity, Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch donned protective catching gear before facing Clemens in a live batting practice that spring — a jokey gesture that earned a rare smile from the stoic right-hander.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
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He’s bid a tearful, jocular farewell by Tenax and has a massive turnout at his funeral; none of these people know the first thing about him, really.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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Castle's tone here is more openly jocular than Whale's original, which chose a satirical approach over a parodic one.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Beautiful, playful, discerning, and endlessly curious, cats are wonderful companions.Simon Hill, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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Still, at family gatherings and in cheesy movies, mistletoe remains the catalyst of many an awkward or playful holiday peck.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Plus, Thandiwe Newton is giving the campy performance of her life as the ambitious Dame Vaako, and her attitude (and reptilian-looking gowns) really help sell the film’s goth spin on sci-fi and fantasy.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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While modern-day Halloween is filled with campy creepiness, that wasn’t always the case.Christina Pérez, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
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From time to time over the years, polls and pollsters have piqued the wit and wry humor of many cartoonists.W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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But though there are wry laughs to be had, from the exquisite awkwardness of the setup alone, Babygirl was received by many as a comedy, which trivializes the extraordinary atmosphere that Reijn creates.Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
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For his part, Handel—a generally agreeable though fiercely proud man, witty and gluttonous and gouty, and given to polylingual swearing—was probably indifferent to such political and sectarian matters.Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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The stop motion animation and detailed character design and execution is nothing short of wonderful, and the script by Mark Burton, who developed the story over several years with Park, is witty and winning.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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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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He’s left a distinctive stamp on the orchestra’s sound in the years since, whether declaiming the beginning of Mahler 5 with a preacher’s conviction or, as in a recent Ravinia concert, tossing off a ragtime solo with waggish virtuosity.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
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John Lithgow, Jennifer Lewis, Tituss Burgess and Nathan Lane also lend their voices to the whimsical fairytale epic.Katcy Stephan, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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With its whimsical birdhouses—everyday objects elevated into enchanting works of art—the tree celebrates themes that resonate universally: warmth, home, and togetherness.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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That includes Andrew Yancy, an extremely tall and flippant former Miami detective who was reassigned to work for the sheriff’s department in the Keys until he got temporarily suspended from that job, too.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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On the Kyle Meredith With… podcast, Hale said that his character is supposed to represent the flippant, sexist culture of the 1970s.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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