Jesting
['dʒestiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jest
(a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
(n.) The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
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Examples
- Oh, of course you are jesting! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Caroline sped like levelled shaft from bent bow; after her rang a jesting, gibing laugh. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I am not jesting. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history as George the Third. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No; I am Chloris, the goddess of flowers, she answered, entering into the spirit of his jesting speech. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Jesting apart, I feel that she and I will suit--_on ne peut mieux_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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