Antonyms for jocosity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : joh-kos-i-tee, juh-

Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊˈkɒs ɪ ti, dʒə-

Definition of jocosity

Origin : 1640s; see jocose + -ity.

noun humor

Example sentences :

The purity of woman and the reality of religion are not considered topics for jocosity.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

"I'll give you a penny for them thoughts," he said, with an air of jocosity.
Extract from : « Ship's Company, The Entire Collection » by W.W. Jacobs

But it was only with a favoured few that she descended to jocosity.
Extract from : « A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories » by Marian T. MacIntosh

The result was apparent in the jocosity of this heavy Mr. Mavering's reply.
Extract from : « April Hopes » by William Dean Howells

Ayre accepted his friend's jocosity and his own excitement with equal placidity.
Extract from : « Father Stafford » by Anthony Hope

Innocence and jocosity were two of her leading characteristics; another was a genuine but ingenuous literary faculty.
Extract from : « Witching Hill » by E. W. Hornung

On the present occasion he welcomed Arkady with all the bonhomie, all the jocosity, of an "enlightened" bigwig.
Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

At the first his extremely youthful appearance and his jocosity of manner stood in the way.
Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton

The superficial, no doubt, will mistake this little book for a somewhat laborious attempt at jocosity.
Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan

Miss Joanna Baillie tried her hand at an imitation, but the jocosity of the real thing is not feminine.
Extract from : « The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5) » by Various

Synonyms for jocosity

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