half-mocking

“I'm hip,” he replies in his half-mocking, half-serious street parlance.

Travis&Jared Jack Nelson 2011

The hoardings around a nearby development site were decorated with giant pictures of the old city and a half-mocking, half-mournful slogan: “Our old town: Gone with the wind.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

The hoardings around a nearby development site were decorated with giant pictures of the old city and a half-mocking, half-mournful slogan: “Our old town: Gone with the wind.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

The hoardings around a nearby development site were decorated with giant pictures of the old city and a half-mocking, half-mournful slogan: “Our old town: Gone with the wind.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

“‘The Marks of that which once hath been,’” Jace said, and Clary could tell he was quoting something, from the half-mocking tone in his voice.

City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

“‘The Marks of that which once hath been,’” Jace said, and Clary could tell he was quoting something, from the half-mocking tone in his voice.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

He grinned at her and dropped a half-apologetic, half-mocking shrug.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

Milljöh, which renders the French word milieu into the Berlin dialect, became a half-mocking, half-affectionate term used all over Germany to convey the desperate pluckiness of Berlin's sprawling slums.

Rare Works Shown in Rothko Retrospective 2008

“I am no longer surprised at her vexation and enthusiasm, if you are in waiting,” the old man said with a half-mocking, half-serious glance at the officer.

A Woman of Thirty 2007

His half-mocking, half-serious comments about my education were the death rattle of his culture.

American Odyssey 2007