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Meanings of
facetiously
in English
Spanish
guasonamente
Back to the meaning
Not seriously.
jokingly
tongue-in-cheek
Spanish
guasonamente
Usage of
facetiously
in English
1
Every passenger feels the need to say something
facetiously
passive-aggressive in response.
2
Ralph had usually treated it
facetiously
;
but present circumstances proscribed the facetious.
3
Not for the shoe that caught in the trap, said Ned
facetiously
.
4
Emily
facetiously
inquired, waving the round of toast gracefully before the bars.
5
And Bernel in the hole dug his elbow
facetiously
into Nance's side.
6
To her grandmother instead of mine, as the Major
facetiously
calls her.
7
Over the moisture, as he
facetiously
described it, he grew friendliness itself.
8
As in England it is U ot use non-U speech
facetiously
.
9
The wild youth of the metropolis call me
facetiously
'The King of Clubs'.
10
This latter idiosyncrasy would, in another, have seemed either priggish or
facetiously
intended.
11
Jobe
facetiously
behaved as though he was unaware of Antonio's claims.
12
Rather a collapsed member, by the way, Mr. Soloman thinks, contemplating her
facetiously
.
13
We study Cady Stanton's handsome face as she talks on rapidly and
facetiously
.
14
The question stopped him and he found he could not answer smartly or
facetiously
.
15
Though he made the statement
facetiously
,
it felt more like the truth every day.
16
He sat heavily down in a Turkey-red-covered rocking-chair, quoting
facetiously
:
Other examples for "facetiously"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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facetiously
Adverb
Frequent collocations
say facetiously
ask facetiously
remark facetiously
inquire facetiously
add facetiously
More collocations
Translations for
facetiously
Spanish
guasonamente
irónicamente
humorísticamente
Facetiously
through the time
Facetiously
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common