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with a straight face

ADVERB

seriously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actively earnestly passionately sincerely vigorously

STRONG

gravely

WEAK

all joking aside cool it cut the comedy determinedly down fervently for real in all conscience in all seriousness in earnest intently purposefully resolutely sedately simmer down soberly solemnly sternly straighten out thoughtfully with forethought with sobriety zealously

Antonyms

WEAK

casually funnily lightly minor trivially

Example Sentences

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The paper “published this piece with zero evidence. And we’re all just supposed to sit here with a straight face and take it like it is some sort of truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

And I remember thinking, “oh my gosh, that someone could say that with a straight face? What am I doing here?”

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Gaffigan is serious enough about his pursuit to say “my whiskey journey” several times in conversation with a straight face and no air quotes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Audiences are rapidly losing the ability to process earnest weirdness and abject discomfort with a straight face because so much contemporary horror tries to play both sides to capture as many viewers as possible.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025

“I never joke,” said Root, and he said it with a straight face.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

with a straight face

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