facetious
Example Sentences
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With such a heavy subject matter, Clunes says he deals with it by being a "little facetious", despite taking his work seriously.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
D’Aquino’s defense: She had been slyly subverting the propaganda machine the whole time, entertaining Americans with facetious language no one could take seriously and introducing upbeat American music the GIs actually loved.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Bong walks a delicate line between being facetious and pulling his punches, and the script does sometimes fall to the latter side with some of its more trite resistance messaging.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
“And I’m not being facetious, like just bring extra underwear,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
I don't know whether he was just trying to be facetious or if he actually worried that I walked around campus acting like a raving lunatic.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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