jocoseness

To tell the truth, a part of his jocoseness was a blind; he was the greatest peace-maker, except Mr. Harmony in the play, that ever was born.

The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849

a certain kind of jocoseness which is so naturally associated with spirituous liquors; no talk could have been less offensive.

By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880

He said it with as much jocoseness as civility allowed, then at once rose.

New Grub Street 2003

“I went there, but I had taken flight,” the doctor answered with gloomy jocoseness.

Anna Karenina 2003

At table, the pleasures of which in moderation were his only relaxation, he was always animated and merry; and this jocoseness was partly natural, partly intentional.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various

"Might have known that!" with an attempt at jocoseness.

Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

City of the world, with so much of the material of jocoseness is an odd problem.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 Various

Yet can we wonder at the jocoseness of those arrayed in lawn and broad-cloth -- can we marvel at the simper of the artisan fresh from his beef and pudding, solaced with tobacco and porter?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 Various

For ease and jocoseness of description it stands almost unapproachable.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Even the great Mr. Cullinan shook a little under the paternal jocoseness with which he came forward to kiss the bride.

It, and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914