facetiousness
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
Flattery will get you nowhere with Spieth, who values facetiousness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2015
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
