冗じょう談だんめかして

expression, adverb

jokingly; in a joking manner

Used when someone says or does something in a way that makes it seem like a joke, often to soften a statement or hide true feelings.

• 彼かれは冗じょう談だんめかして「辞やめるかも」と言いった。

  He said jokingly, 'I might quit.'

• 冗じょう談だんめかして言いったけど、実じつは本ほん気きだった。

  I said it jokingly, but actually I was serious.