facetious
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Dr BÄ…czyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Claire, I know this sounds like I’m being facetious, but I do feel like it’s a detail that says a lot about Aggie and her headspace at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
It’s impossible to write those words without sounding facetious, but, reader: This time they fit.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023
“I’m grateful that there is still room in the world for something facetious to occur now and then.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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