half-jokingly

English

Etymology

half- +‎ jokingly

Adverb

half-jokingly (not comparable)

With an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest.
- 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
  I wrote a piece, half-jokingly, for The Independent suggesting that it was all part of a cunning plan by ministers to deter people from using the railways. […] I now suspect this was rather closer to the truth than I had thought.

Translations

with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest

Italian: tra il serio e il faceto
Polish: półżartem, pół żartem, pół serio
Scottish Gaelic: eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-trì, eadar fealla-dhà is fealla-rìribh

Further reading

“half-jokingly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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