MEANING
A disposition or manner marked by jokes and playful humor.
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Words that belong together
- forced jocularity
- easy jocularity
- an air of jocularity
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His forced jocularity made the silence after each joke longer.
A little jocularity returned when the children began arguing over the last cake.
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- Base
- jocularity
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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