Definition of "jocular"

From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.

1865, Horatio Alger, “chapter IV”, in 'Paul Prescott's Charge

Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.

1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 15”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau

Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.

1910, Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones