Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive;
funny; comical.
-- Jo*cose"ly, adv. -- Jo*cose"ness, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in
truth Ulysses never behaves with levity.
Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like
jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious
life.
Buckle.
Jo`co*se"ri*ous (?), a. [Jocose + serious.] Mingling mirth and
seriousness. M. Green.
Jo*cos"i*ty (?), n. A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne.
Joc"u*lar (?), a. [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See
Joke.]