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The word 'half-jokingly' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a statement or action that is said or done in a joking manner, but still has some level of seriousness behind it. Example: "I half-jokingly told my boss that I would quit if I had to work overtime every day, but deep down I was hoping she would take my request seriously."

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"We like that," he said half-jokingly.

"Another housing bubble," he said, only half-jokingly.

Since then, I've called myself half-Mexican — only half-jokingly.

"Sell the house and move," he said, only half-jokingly.

(Foord half-jokingly but not inaccurately calls it "Feces Slip").

"Don't worry," one of my teachers told me half-jokingly.

Together, Howard explained only half-jokingly, the team is special.

We called it, half-jokingly, our Iran-Iraq friendship dinner.

"This is my kingdom," says Pierre, only half-jokingly.

He half-jokingly calls his predilection a sickness.

"I've always been thinnish," Munro insists, only half-jokingly.

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