in jest
Meaning
in jest
(idiomatic) As a joke.
He only tried to mimic the other's movements in jest.
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Chekhov’s gun is there on every page: words spoken carelessly or in jest are later repeated in a court of law, their meaning twisted; gifts given in innocence are produced with new motives ascribed.
Bester says that he replied (in jest), "You sonofabitch.
Hertel went on to speak of their conversations, which ranged from input from Hayden, arguments held in jest, and her disappointment at not seeing her students.
Before adding in jest: "And my husband is still alive."
If a fly can fly, we used to ask in jest all those centuries ago, why can’t a mosquito mosquito?
Miranda Hart, who recalls a visit to hospital for an enema, comes a close second as she wonders, perhaps in jest, whether she would get “preferential treatment because of the whole fame thing”.