facetious
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8.1
- adjective
- /fəˈsiːʃəs/
:
jocoso
- His facetious remarks during the meeting lightened the atmosphere, even though the topic was serious.
OK, that sounded facetious, but it wasn't.
- OK, that sounded facetious, but it wasn't.
- So that's saying, OK, I'm going to be a little facetious here.
- You know, I don't mean to to be facetious.
- OK, yeah, let's move on, move on from the facetious stuff.
- So what happened now all of a sudden, I don't want to be too facetious, but they have seen the Lord.
- And look, I know maybe I'm being, you know, I'm being facetious here, right?
- It's my he's being facetious, but it's like, OK, so so like I you got you got Tinder, right?
- And I would think probably I've lost more than maybe, I don't know, I'm not being facetious.
- And I'm being facetious for those of you here on YouTube that can't tell when someone's being facetious or comical, if the school system knows best.
- But on your solitude and find it being a little facetious, we'll come back.
Examples
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I assumed that he was just being facetious, but he sounded so serious when he said it.
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"Really, you could almost be his mother, Evastina," quipped the mayor, who was in a facetious mood.
Fiction book (1996) -
- Are you being facetious? -
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- Why are you being facetious, sir?
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This is not a facetious question, but OK, I'll start like this.
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The two men seemed not to hear him, so involved were they in their facetious argument.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the risk of appearing facetious, sir, you had better tell that to the judge.
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- No sense in being facetious, Mr. McPherson.
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I don't mean to be facetious, Mr. president, but whose understanding...
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"I'm not trying to be facetious or brave or brag or complain either," he said.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Causing people to laugh or smile
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3.8
Quick clever remarks that make people laugh
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1.6
Funny in a way that makes people laugh
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3.1
Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual
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7.5
Showing dry, slightly mocking humor and not taking things seriously
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3.9
Said or done to be funny rather than serious
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6.8
Playful and friendly in a joking way
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6.8
Joking and not meant to be taken seriously
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1.2
Meant to be funny, not serious
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6.4
Saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny or mocking
Friendly teasing that makes people laugh
Antonyms
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Facetious comes from the Latin words facetus and facetia, which mean 'witty' and 'jest'. So to be facetious is to make playful, joking remarks, often in a way that can be wrong for serious moments.