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Adverb: jokingly  jow-king-lee
  1. In jest
    "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express";
    - jestingly
     
  2. Not seriously
    "I meant it jokingly";
    - facetiously, tongue-in-cheek, kiddingly

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