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jestingly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In jest; jokingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1918, E. Craigie Melville, “In Camp” in Poems from the Trenches, Somerville, Mass.: The Thistle Press, p. 18, Still I shall hate to leave you for the sake of those splendid nights When the long, hard day is over and Sergeant has douzed the lights, And we lie on those beds of straw that unfortunate Tommies get, And jestingly jolly each other as we smoke a last cig’rette;

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in jest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jokingly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English jesting Middle English -ly English -ly English jestingly From jesting + -ly.