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also joky
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Recent Examples of jokey
Disposable, anonymous, soulless, jokey slaughter.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
The jokey, gleefully profane lyrics are stimulating in the moment but then quickly forgotten, like novelty songs in a clever college cabaret.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Online, jokey provocations feigned a detachment from real life.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Burr was jokey and conspiratorial, warm and whispery one moment, explosive the next, but strategically.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
The jokey, gleefully profane lyrics are stimulating in the moment but then quickly forgotten, like novelty songs in a clever college cabaret.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Online, jokey provocations feigned a detachment from real life.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Burr was jokey and conspiratorial, warm and whispery one moment, explosive the next, but strategically.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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The film explicitly acknowledges that their sibling rivalry is very Thor and Loki, though the dynamic here is different with Wilson playing uptight preppy to Momoa’s jocular biker viking.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2024
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The incomprehensibility of it all, of every awful thing wreaking havoc at once, has Gus in a state of jocular shock.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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For a playful yet sweet date night scent, Ledda’s 16 Scenic Rose is a lovely choice.—
Sarah Boyd,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The title of the tour, Tomlinson has said, is a playful reference to her Christian upbringing.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But her flat intonation and vocal fry are perfectly suited to Marvel’s campy critical misfire, playing a demure yet powerful teenager who’s taken under the wing of Dakota Johnson’s equally spacey Cassie.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town's first ever Fazfest.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Ralph Johnson is wry and endearing as the town rabbi, Ron Orbach is gruff and authentic as the butcher Lazar Wolf.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The voice that emerges is clear, curious, wry, and endlessly generous.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Ashlie Atkinson plays Mamie Fish, the wittiest member of late 19th-century high society on The Gilded Age, and also a real-life person from American history.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, and John Turturro co-star in this incredibly smart and witty sci-fi drama.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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
Adjective
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Known for its bold, joyfully offbeat designs, the brand delivers a whimsical take on everyday earrings with dangling freshwater pearls and seashell accents.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The food containers are all decorated with whimsical illustrations, and the bag even features a crossword puzzle with McDonaldland trivia.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In an inordinately cowardly and cruel act, Rubio stayed away from the department that day, ignoring the men and women whose careers and life plans were decimated by his flippant decision-making.—
Lynn Northcutt Vega,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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Their communication style skews casual, which can be misread as flippant.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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