JOCOSE in a Sentence

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His features were not naturally intended to wear a smiling aspect, but he was in general rather given to professional jocosity.

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 Meanings and Examples of JOCOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jocose
 a.  given to joking; merry; humorous
Classic Sentence:
1  Steerforth, after very much improving Mrs. Gummidge's spirits by a cheerful salutation and a jocose embrace, took my arm, and hurried me away.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
2  The old man, who had put on his short sheepskin jacket, was just as good-humored, jocose, and free in his movements.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5
3  They glided from these serious topics into the jocose insults which are the wit of Main Street.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  The tone of the proclamation was not as jocose as in the former Chigirin talks.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVIII
5  "I went there, but I had taken flight," the doctor answered with gloomy jocoseness.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 22
6  The prisoner winked at my friend jocosely.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7  His features were not naturally intended to wear a smiling aspect, but he was in general rather given to professional jocosity.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.