Jokingly \Jok"ing*ly\, adv. In a joking way; sportively.
jokingly adv 1: in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" [syn: {jestingly}] 2: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: {facetiously}, {tongue-in-cheek}]