jok·ey

[joh-kee]
adjective, jok·i·er, jok·i·est.
lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.

Origin:
1815–25; joke + -ey1

jok·i·ly, adverb
jok·i·ness, noun
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jokey or joky (ˈdʒəʊkɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , jokier, jokiest
intended as a joke; full of jokes
 
joky or joky
 
adj

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Jokey is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
It does have sincerity, although you have a spoken part, which is more jokey
  than the rest of the song.
His jokey way of shrugging off trouble once seemed charming.
The emails seem pretty casual and jokey to me, not some serious declaration of
  his deepest feelings.
The books tend to be casually jokey, chaotic, and self-indulgent.
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