"It was done in a joking manner," said Carlson about the Moses business.

But John chose to answer in a joking manner.

She said the words in a joking manner, but Lee could sense the anguish behind the light tone.

Some of the stuff I thought was written in a joking manner.

In a joking manner, a member of the team's support staff finally said to Frank, "Get off the floor."

She doesn't say much but when she does talk, it is usually in a joking manner.

This was said in a joking manner and should not be taken seriously.

Then in a joking manner, he added, "Maybe we can get some of the kids who vandalized it to help us out."

"We might let them in," he said in a joking manner.

Take any conversation about suicide seriously, even if the person mentions it in a joking manner.