jocose
Given to levity
Jocose means playful or humorous, inclined to joking.
The word is formal and literary, more likely to appear in Victorian novels than contemporary speech: His jocose manner put everyone at ease.
It suggests a habitually merry disposition rather than a single witty remark.
Cleverly humorous
- drollOddly humorous
- facetiousHumorously inappropriate or glib
- comicalCausing laughter
- amusingCausing light laughter
waggish · mirthful · whimsical · farcical · ludicrous · tongue-in-cheek · wry · puckish
witty
Cleverly humorous
amusing · waggish · mirthful · whimsical · farcical · ludicrous · tongue-in-cheek · wry · puckish · arch
teasing
Playful, mild ridicule
ribbing · kidding · raillery · badinage · persiflage · repartee · wordplay · quipping · punning · japery
blithe
Cheerfully indifferent
breezy · airy · sunny · genial · convivial · jovial · cheery · gay · insouciant · debonair
jocosehumorless
Without wit or levity
humourless · unhumorous · unfunny · mirthless · serious