Words similar to jokingly

Example sentences for: jokingly

How can you use “jokingly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"The bookies entered into the spirit of things by jokingly offering 500-to-1 odds against the PM's wife's fourth child being named Ken and being born on his father's birthday.
Several studio executives have jokingly responded that if their talents were combined in a single actor, he would be the next Cary Grant.
Once, after I got to know him better, he told me that his daughter Kate had moved to Israel, and I jokingly observed that she was really on native ground.
Though it was often used jokingly, it was the equivalent of the current Have a good day.
And this is my fave: "He blabs and banters and jokingly called an Associated Press reporter a 'jerk.