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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost joking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is making a statement that is not entirely serious or is meant to be humorous but has a hint of truth or seriousness to it.
Example: "I was almost joking when I said I could run a marathon next week, but now I'm actually considering it."
Alternatives: "partly joking" or "half-serious".
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"We were talking about it, almost joking, like, 'It can't be any worse than yesterday, so go get 'em,'" Scioscia said.
Still, I was almost joking when I suggested we ask Mayor Castro to be our keynote speaker, because honestly, I thought there was no way we could get him.
Asked if he had any regrets looking back, he almost joking said he wished the failed special operation to try to rescue the US hostages in Iran had worked out differently.
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I almost joke that sometimes we're two people doing one combined PhD.
Wilson described Trump as "almost, like, joking.
Are the Lib Dems still going?" Ian is, I am almost certain, joking.
("I was already in vacation mode, almost," Lundqvist joked).
"We were almost like joking, 'Oh she's going to be in trouble.
(Well, almost none: she always joked about redoing the Vatican).
"Almost nightly," Savage joked.
Almost every joke would involve a character who would say something and sign the joke at the end.
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