facetious

How to use facetious in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for facetious.

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Editorial note

[Edit] My intent is not to be facetious.

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Quick take

cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

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adjective

cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for facetious.

adjective

cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

Example sentences

[Edit] My intent is not to be facetious.

I don't mean to sound facetious, but aren't we designed to also sit as well as stand/walk/run?

Where do I get some of that action?I'm only being half-facetious; this is weapons grade stupid.

I hope, in this case, given the really close parallels, it wont be facetious to say: Hari Seldon!

You're being facetious, but the UK and the USA are in some of the tightest relationships of any countries ever.

I'm not sure if this got modded down because people think I'm being facetious, but I'm seriously wondering what happened with that.

I am not being facetious here, I am looking to buy something to replace my 6 year old laptop so looking for real suggestions here.

I'm sorry if this was intended to be facetious, but I think Yegge's point was that you need to remove some of the information so that Bezos can fill it in himself and not get bored.

That sounds ridiculous because the thing is basically a computer so could have a USB-restore, but I don't see how they get to 40GB+ otherwise.<facetious>21GB of trials and time-limited software?