facetiously

fa-ce-tious-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.

  2. 2.

    In a joking or humorous way, often inappropriately so.

Related words

Antonyms: earnestly, seriously, sincerely
See also: facetious, jokingly, sarcastically
Synonyms: flippantly, jokingly, sarcastically, tongue-in-cheek

Etymology

From Latin facetia ("jest, witticism") + -ly, from facetus ("witty, elegant").