half-jesting

So, no, few parents would refer themselves as victims in any amount of seriousness don't get me started on the question of whether I would only be half-jesting on the many occassions that I DO describe myself as a victim - but 'victims' are not the only ones whose lives are altered by profound experiences.

Our Motherhood, Our Selves 2008

Some half-jesting conversation had seemingly been passing between the poet and the saint; for as they came in she said with a smile (which was somewhat of a forced one) — “Well, my dear sons, you are sure of immortality, at least on earth; for Mr. Spenser has been vowing to me to give your adventure a whole canto to itself in his ‘Faerie Queene’.”

Westward Ho! 2007

You will often read and hear half-jesting advice to the effect that you should spend your housecleaning time on only those areas of your home that people are going to see when they come to visit.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

You will often read and hear half-jesting advice to the effect that you should spend your housecleaning time on only those areas of your home that people are going to see when they come to visit.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

When she revealed this, Letterman didn't quite believe it, but then said half-jesting something like: "If that's true, that's the biggest mistake I made in my entire life."

Your Right Hand Thief 2005

You will often read and hear half-jesting advice to the effect that you should spend your housecleaning time on only those areas of your home that people are going to see when they come to visit.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

You will often read and hear half-jesting advice to the effect that you should spend your housecleaning time on only those areas of your home that people are going to see when they come to visit.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

When she revealed this, Letterman didn't quite believe it, but then said half-jesting something like: "If that's true, that's the biggest mistake I made in my entire life."

Archive 2005-08-01 2005

There was not the least need for the half-jesting tone in which Maurice clothed his air of authority.

Maurice Guest 2003

Despite his only half-jesting remark to Kingsley, Morgan knew that it was far too early to start relaxing.

The Fountains of Paradise Clarke, Arthur C. 1979