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jokeful

jokeful adjective: characterised by joking and jocularity; jocular; light-hearted.

Adjective

jokeful (comparative more jokeful, superlative most jokeful)

  1. Characterised by joking and jocularity; jocular; light-hearted
    • “He was always talkin' about leavin' and gettin' up; he was just a jokeful guy. [...]”2001, Sebastian Danchin, Earl Hooker, Blues Master
    • Gertrude Stein called it a “jokeful amusement.”2010, Matthew Jacob, Mark Jacob, What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame

Antonyms of jokeful

Forms of jokeful

comparativemore jokeful
superlativemost jokeful

Origin of jokeful

From joke + -ful.

Words formed from jokeful

Questions about jokeful

What does jokeful mean?
Jokeful means characterised by joking and jocularity; jocular; light-hearted.
What part of speech is jokeful?
Jokeful is an adjective.

Words near jokeful in the dictionary

  1. jokees
  2. jokefest
  3. jokefests
  4. jokefic
  5. jokefics
  6. jokeful
  7. jokefully
  8. jokefulness
  9. jokelang
  10. jokeless
  11. jokelessness

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