facetious
adjective
not meant to be taken seriously or literally.
facetiously
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a word derived from
facetious.
Example Sentences
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There is no perfect name for this dynamic, but some have begun to refer to it, somewhat facetiously, as “Dark Woke.”
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
Barbee jokes, “I always facetiously say they should have a category for finishing it on time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
The word “housedaddies,” referring facetiously to fathers who help in the home, appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
I say this facetiously, but the point still stands: Even in an age where we rarely left home, we became more conscious of our looks than ever.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2022
He’d made what Charles Krauthammer described in Time magazine, somewhat facetiously, as the greatest comeback since Napoleon Bonaparte sailed a single-masted fleet from the island of Elba in 1815.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
