half-jokingly

Its first success was referred to half-jokingly as the Great Eskimo Tax Scam.

House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

Its first success was referred to half-jokingly as the Great Eskimo Tax Scam.

House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004

I asked, half-jokingly, what he thought the market would be for boomer “antiques,” and he simply laughed.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Comparative Demographic Charts on Aging Populations 2010

He responded, only half-jokingly, "But then who would do the work?"

Steve Mariotti: The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class Steve Mariotti 2012

When he was half-jokingly asked what he had to say to any critics who said he could win at Gloucester only when it was muddy, Johnson said: I would love to have seen it sloppy today.

Johnson and Miller confirm on day two at Gloucester 2010

He would, he added half-jokingly, be happy to lend it to some Arab country struggling to emerge from the shadow of dictatorship.

Poland: a country getting to grips with being normal at last 2011

He responded, only half-jokingly, "But then who would do the work?"

Steve Mariotti: The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class Steve Mariotti 2012

He responded, only half-jokingly, "But then who would do the work?"

Steve Mariotti: The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class Steve Mariotti 2012

In Beijing, his penthouse apartment doubles as a lunch spot for a growing crop of young entrepreneurs and investment bankers, some of whom half-jokingly call him "President Yang."

Art's New Pecking Order Kelly Crow 2012

Seriously, I spent so much time online ferreting out military info. and equipment specs that I half-jokingly wondered if the NSA was going to flag my IP.

Yukikaze, More Than “Plane Porn” « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010