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Adjective(1) cleverly amusing in tone(2) tongue(3) kidding

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(1) This is a very sad event, and it would be wise to avoid facetious remarks about aggrieved clients and - more particularly - would-be clients.(2) You learn very soon never to tell a joke or make a facetious remark.(3) I assure you that was a facetious comment about the ostrich caucus.(4) It's a facetious question, but she answers seriously.(5) But snobbishness is, in its way, a serious subject, and another, less facetious book could easily be written about it.(6) At the risk of sounding facetious , we must keep dancing.(7) Mine is an immodest, but by no means facetious , proposal.(8) I realize he was likely being facetious with discussing how he's perfect, but it still amazes me that he'd say it.(9) Apparently, she isn't being facetious at all, and it was a serious question.(10) I hope this approach doesn't come across as facetious or flippant, I'm genuinely interested(11) I'm not being facetious , or trying to use comic effect.(12) I could so easily be facetious about this piece of news.(13) I am not trying to be facetious , but would alternatives be more productive?(14) I'm not being facetious - the reason I'm sure of this is because I've received so much feedback this year.(15) It sounds like a facetious question, but I mean it seriously.(16) Forgive me for being facetious in these desperately serious times, but sometimes ridicule is the only release from anger.
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(1) facetious
Synonyms
Adjective
1. flippant
2. flip
3. glib
4. frivolous
5. tongue-in-cheek
6. ironic
7. sardonic
9. jokey
10. jocular
11. playful
12. sportive
14. mischievous
15. witty
16. amusing
17. funny
18. droll
19. comic
20. comical
21. lighthearted
22. jocose


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