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facetious
Definitions
(Adjective) to speak in jestUsage: I'm being facetious, just kidding
(Adjective) smart and cocky
(Adjective) Joking in a awkward or improper manner.
Usage: His facetious sarcasm was inappropriate during his first staff meeting.
(Adjective) Not meant to be taken seriously. Like saying, "That's awesome" -- When talking about something that is actually quite the opposite.
(Adjective) jokingly presenting something false or exaggerated as true
(Adjective) Characteristic of something said to elicit feelings of discomfort or awkwardness, usually at the expense of others.
Usage: His comment about not it not being rape if they're already dead was meant to be facetious.
(Adjective) Joking inappropriately, intent to be funny.
Usage: After a comment that did not go over well, the professor apologized for being facetious
(Adjective) sarcastic
Usage: i am being facetious
(Adjective) Being playfully funny.
Saying something for the sake of being funny and not necessarily true or correct where as being merely sarcastic leaves out the comedic angle.
Usage: "I don't truly feel that way I was merely being facetious."
joking about a serious matter
(Adjective) sarcastic, ironical
Usage: don't be facetious
(Adjective) something that is a falsehood. rhetorical
Usage: You gave a facetious answer.
meant to be funny or as a joke not serious
not being serious
Usage: He was facetious when he said he knew how to swim
(Adverb) When one is mocking by agreeing
making joke at an inappropriate time
(Adjective) rude, undermining, flippant
Usage: don't disregard it by being facetious
saying something, but really meaning something else in a snotty way.
(Adjective) humorous
Usage: The clown was very facetious.
(Adjective) trying to be funny
Usage: I am serious and not trying to be facetious
being funny; sarcastic
Usage: I was being facetious when I said you said I did not love you.
(Adjective) an uncomplimentary term
Usage: a facetious remark
a smart ass; purposely not telling the truth
Usage: Stop being facetious
joking
Usage: I was being facetious.
(Adjective) not telling the truth. a smart comment.
Usage: i was being facetious, truth is , he isn't here.
(Adjective) very funny
Usage: The clown's jokes were facetious, everyone was laughing.
(Adjective) A knowingly-false statement delivered with a straight face - or at most a tight, slight smile. (Everything else is secondary -but most facetious remarks are sarcastic.)
Usage: Nixon's "I am not a crook" was facetious (he hoped the line would be believed but knew it was false, assuming "crook" is understood to mean "honest man" and not a burglar or something) - yet not sarcastic.
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