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Definition of: jocular
(jok′yə·lər) adjective
1. Being in a joking mood; making jokes.
2. Having the nature of, intended as, or appropriate to a joke or joking; comic; funny. Also joc′u·la·to′ry (-tôr′ē, -tō′·rē). See synonyms under HUMOROUS, JOCOSE. [<L jocularis <joculus, dim. of jocus a joke]
—joc′u·lar′i·ty (-lar′ə·tē) noun
—joc′u·lar·ly adverb
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