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Jokingly (Adverb)

In jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express".

He joked that he was going to quit his job and travel the world, but he was speaking jokingly.
I told my mom jokingly that I wanted a private island for my birthday, and she surprisingly seemed thoughtful.
When my sister asked me if I was going to the party, I replied jokingly that I was going to stay home and watch paint dry.
My friend mentioned jokingly that we should get lost in the woods for the rest of our trip, but then it happened for real.
The new employee joked jokingly about the difficult tasks his boss was giving him, and his coworkers were all sympathetic.

Not seriously; "I meant it facetiously".

He joked about moving to another country jokingly but some of his friends were misled and actually believed him.
The girl teased her boyfriend jokingly, poking fun at his failed attempts at dancing.
At a reunion party the father made the quip about living at the residence after retiring, which everyone else realized he made jokingly.
Tom playfully commented jokingly on buying out a tech startup at dinner the previous evening with their high powered lawyer, lawyer felt amused as knew.
Emma shouted I can walk the next mile up, at least two persons listening appeared horrified - to most - a line everyone has indeed already worked out that it had indeed all been done jokingly.