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also joky
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Recent Examples of jokey
Not to say there aren’t some clunkers, most notably a jokey take-me-out-to-the-ballgame baseball number that pads the second act, but the Flaherty-Ahrens score was and is Ragtime‘s signature achievement.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
There is nothing funny about the film’s jokey title, which is just a strained metaphor.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Despite more complicated challenges, the cast are as jokey and jovial as ever.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is the last jokey metaphor in a franchise built on jokey metaphors!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
There is nothing funny about the film’s jokey title, which is just a strained metaphor.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Despite more complicated challenges, the cast are as jokey and jovial as ever.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
This is the last jokey metaphor in a franchise built on jokey metaphors!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokey
Adjective
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That’s because of her bright and jocular storytelling.—
MJ Franklin,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Modern American popular culture contains many jocular characters that resemble this folkloric bird, who is delightfully impervious to pain, from cartoon characters such as the Road Runner – an actual bird – to the foulmouthed, self-regenerating antihero Deadpool.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Puma sneakers bring a sleek, sporty vibe with metallic silver accents, while the Lucky Step sneakers add playful texture with mesh detailing.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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In fact, Golden State was feeling so confident that their television network decided to take a playful jab at Lakers superstar LeBron James.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With vivid and campy aesthetics, the retro style captures all the best of the '90s nostalgia feel.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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The movie is campy, iconic and undeniably fun.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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But the same dry, wry, demented wit, as well as the pitiless looks at one of the rare species on Earth that walks on two legs and frets about their lattes being too hot, are present and accounted for.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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This tender, wry and thought-provoking story offers a different perspective on looking for love, regret and the ‘what if’ of it all.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben’s parents, were a legendary comedy duo in the ‘60s, breaking taboos by mining their reality – a sweet Jewish guy wed to a witty Irish Catholic – in an act that eventually led to successful independent careers.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Across four gritty, witty books, Jones and Johnson encounter elaborate con men who are extra inventive about their heists.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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As with many of Burton's best films, the real magic is the nuggets of human profundity hidden within the bleak imagery and whimsical comedy.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The picture book is both written and illustrated by Knightley, 40, who tells a whimsical story about a young girl that wishes her new baby sister would be carried away by birds.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s something so hilariously flippant about Taylor’s mean streak these days.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Given that the league’s collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of this month, maybe the commissioner shouldn’t have been so flippant.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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