a. Obs. [ad. L. joculātōri-us, f. joculātor: see prec. and -ORY.] Characteristic of, or having the character of, a jester; jocular.
1623. Cockeram, Ioculatorie, merrily spoken.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 348. They conclude them to be but joculatory pranks.
1661. K. W., Conf. Charac., Cambridge Minion (1860), 79. She … can if need be sing you a merry song and be pretty joculatory.
Hence † Joculatorily adv. Obs.
1623. Cockeram, II. Merrily, Ioculatorily.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 210. How then dare prophane men offer to do such a thing joculatorily, jugglingly…?
