jok ‧ ey BrE AmE , joky /ˈdʒəʊki $ ˈdʒoʊ-/ adjective informal
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ joke , ↑ joker , ↑ jokiness , ↑ jocularity ; adverb : ↑ jokingly , ↑ jokily , ↑ jocularly ; adjective : ↑ jokey , ↑ jocular ; verb : ↑ joke ]
not serious, and tending to make people laugh OPP serious :
Dave was a sweet man, very jokey about everything.
—jokily adverb
—jokiness noun [uncountable]