Jocular

Joc″u‐lar (jŏk″ū̍‐lẽr), a. [L. jocularis, fr. joculus, dim. of jocus joke. See Joke.]

1. Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.

2. Sportive; merry. “Jocular exploits.” Cowper.

The style is partly serious and partly jocular. Dryden.