Cleverly amusing in tone.
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Examples for "facetious"
Examples for "facetious"
1Ralph had usually treated it facetiously; but present circumstances proscribed the facetious.
2Sir, - Your report of August 12th was inappropriately facetious and inaccurate.
3The termination of the miseries of this facetious genius was now approaching.
4But the honorable member was inclined to be facetious on the subject.
5Straight across the tops of two columns it ran, a facetious caption:
1He looked up at the goggling eyes; he heard the bantering voice:
2She was perfectly impenetrable to the bantering tone in which he spoke.
3Mr. Masterman attacked her at once in a sort of bantering way.
4Losing patience, they turned to Pinocchio and said in a bantering tone:
5After saluting me with ceremonious politeness, he said in a bantering tone:
1It's very tongue-in-cheek social comment but it's still social comment, he said.
2He claims, tongue-in-cheek, that he could patent such a product next year.
3However Oliver also lavishes praise on Australia during the undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek podcast.
4Other attempts to profit from Apple's public relations fiasco were more tongue-in-cheek.
5Mr Stenson has since apologised to all bloggers in a tongue-in-cheek post.
6A slightly tongue-in-cheek nod to their bias for optimism and appealing connections.
7Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo came up with his own tongue-in-cheek retort.
8To Johanna Farrand, for the tongue-in-cheek cover copy she so cleverly pens.
9Each of her pieces is a tongue-in-cheek provocative poke at life's injustices.
10Just in case it's not clear: this list is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
11I suggested a tongue-in-cheek title: We Need to Talk about Patrick Lafcadio Hearn.
12But the tongue-in-cheek operation has got us thinking about matters closer to home.
13There was an earlier presumably tongue-in-cheek poke at New Zealand media from Spithill.
14It is, firstly, a quite beautiful game with abundant tongue-in-cheek charisma.
15That's the question posed in a tongue-in-cheek musical created by Nelson-born Josh Stewart.
16I'll admit that that article was absolutely more tongue-in-cheek than sensible.
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