facetious
adjective
not meant to be taken seriously or literally.
facetiousness
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a word derived from
facetious.
Example Sentences
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The brazen facetiousness of such viral posts was central to how Kent’s horror film has circulated within extremely online circles in the years that followed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
Elcheson recalled incorrectly thinking other people were being humorous when in fact they were expressing facetiousness.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2021
From that gem of facetiousness came a TV show.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2018
They soon joined Ms. Rand’s inner circle, a group Ms. Rand referred to — with the facetiousness of a hardened anti-Communist — as the Collective.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2013
It was he who coined the term "Big Bang," in a moment of facetiousness, for a radio broadcast in 1952.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
