tongue-in-cheek

However, I spent enough time with him and other players to witness moments, comments and actions that were not so tongue-in-cheek.

More tongue-in-cheek was a new twist on the cheerleader uniform.

The painter Ricardo Francis produced three separate works for the show, all with tongue-in-cheek names.

He has total, tongue-in-cheek loyalty to Keough Novak, his fictional sister, who has more than 4,000 Twitter followers of her own.

With his disarming, tongue-in-cheek salutations, he got on the phone.

Most of the stories were written tongue-in-cheek about the miracle part.