tongue-in-cheek

1. Ironically: “The critic's remarks of praise were uttered strictly tongue-in-cheek.”

Example Sentences

“The producer’s idea was to have a tongue-in-cheek kind of approach to it,” said Macfarlane Moleli, a journalist with the TV show Carte Blanche.

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The German company that made the furniture hoist used in the Louvre heist has been taking advantage of the scandal to promote the device, posting tongue-in-cheek adverts about the quality of its equipment.

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She was nominated for her third album, "Euro-Country", featuring the Irish language and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

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A council is urging whoever is putting up tongue-in-cheek signs in a city to stop the spoofs, saying they could "mislead residents and cause confusion".

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Opera Philadelphia’s 50th-season opener, Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims,” performed over the past two weekends at the Academy of Music, was appropriately tongue-in-cheek.

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Related Words

• amusing 
• comic 
• flippant 
• humorous 
• ironic 
• irreverent 
• jocular 
• joking 
• playful 
• sarcastic 
• satirical 
• whimsical