Jestful

But I also sensed in these long takes that writer/directorCorneliu Porumboiu was consciously going against-the-grain, staging mundanity in real-time with jestful purpose. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The jestful emcee spent much of the day cooing and whistling at children as they came into the market, luring them up to the mike with the prospect of a book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I remember "Ay, how' she goin by?" was one of the most extreme examples; whenever it was used by my friends or family, it was almost always just a jestful reference to the colorful aspects of our Cape Breton Heritage. ❋ Unknown (2004)

We were just trying to make a jestful, you know, gesture, about this whole thing. ❋ Unknown (1995)

This is, though doubtless jestful, really a _point de repère_ for the manners of the later nineteenth century as concerns a busy man who likes society. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

"They were either written under the stress of day-to-day litigation by colleagues who occasionally used the forum as a shared means of blowing off steam or they were written in a jestful, teasing manner between friends," he said. ❋ Betsy Powell (2011)

He was as whimsical and jestful as ever, but he was not happy. ❋ Unknown (1798)

Corneliu Porumboiu was consciously going against-the-grain, staging mundanity in real-time with jestful purpose. ❋ Slashfilm.com (2010)

I heard a jestful reference to the word at a public meeting Wednesday, April 22. ❋ Unknown (2009)

PP's missus riposte was jestful rather than slagging eh? ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Surely you jest]! ❋ Larstait (2003)

Bro [Shim] was absolutely [JESTING] his [birthday cake] ❋ Nkululeku (2022)

[oi] [man], [stop] jesting ❋ Adam (2004)

[Glorious] jest [glorious]. ❋ Bajestasorjest (2020)

you [giv] me bare "[jests]" i catch so much "jests" [pon road] ❋ Melanie (2004)

"Honey, I don't want you dating that boy. He [wore] a [jest], so he's either a fag or a [serial killer]" ❋ Ampollino (2007)

Man: [How goes] the [jesting]? Woman: [Jesting] continues at good speed. [Home stretch] here. ❋ Ocuppy_urban (2012)

person one- Hey i just got [a perfect] [score] on my [SATs] person 2- NO way! that is jest! ❋ The Finest Chika (2008)

"Did you see Mauricas [outfit] [today]?" "Yeah SO [jest]!" ❋ Maurica (2008)

[THE POWER] OF [JESTS] COMPELS YOU ❋ LordandsaviorJests (2017)