"jestingly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From jesting + -ly.",
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          "ref": "1827, Charles Lamb, “The Wife’s Trial; Or, The Intruding Widow”, in The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb, 3rd edition, London: Edward Moxon, published 1838, page 264",
          "text": "Were you free to chuse,\nAs jestingly I’ll put the supposition,\nWithout a thought reflecting on your Katherine,\nWhat sort of woman would you make your choice?",
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          "text": "1918, E. Craigie Melville, “In Camp” in Poems from the Trenches, Somerville, Mass.: The Thistle Press, p. 18,\nStill I shall hate to leave you for the sake of those splendid nights\nWhen the long, hard day is over and Sergeant has douzed the lights,\nAnd we lie on those beds of straw that unfortunate Tommies get,\nAnd jestingly jolly each other as we smoke a last cig’rette;"
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          "ref": "1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 6",
          "text": "They heard her talking normally, even jestingly, with one of the aunts, and they admired her for her courage.",
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        "In jest; jokingly."
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  "word": "jestingly"
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          "text": "1918, E. Craigie Melville, “In Camp” in Poems from the Trenches, Somerville, Mass.: The Thistle Press, p. 18,\nStill I shall hate to leave you for the sake of those splendid nights\nWhen the long, hard day is over and Sergeant has douzed the lights,\nAnd we lie on those beds of straw that unfortunate Tommies get,\nAnd jestingly jolly each other as we smoke a last cig’rette;"
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        "In jest; jokingly."
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