Facetious Meaning and Usage

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Facetious Meaning

Adjective

- given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; amusing; humorous.
- joking in an awkward or improper manner; entertaining amusing
- not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.


Facetious Usage

facetious remarks.
a facetious companion.
a facetious remark.
a facetious person.
a facetious story

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Derivatives:

facetiously - adverb
facetiousness - noun

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Use facetious in a sentence:

1. "Silence! If you want to be facetious, young man, there are times and places more fitting. This is a serious business."

2. Jack’s facetious reply angered his teacher but made his classmates laugh.

3. On returning back, John was in a more facetious temper than was unusual with him.

4. The professor was being facetious when she asked the students to ignore her lecture while taking the exam.

5. His facetious sarcasm was inappropriate during his first staff meeting.

6. This may seem a facetious point but that is far from my intention.

7. Whilst some of the options seemed rather facetious I was impressed that the most likely outcome was displayed.

8. Jane was being facetious when she used the word "classy" to describe John’s brightly colored necktie.

9. His attempt to make fun of the situation was considered to be in bad taste and facetious in the extreme.

10. The woman said, "I don't seriously mean that you are an idiot; I was being facetious."


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Facetious Synonyms:
amusing, bantering, comic, comical, droll, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, jocose, jocular, jolly, laughable, light, ludicrous, merry, pleasant, smart, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, witty,

Facetious Antonyms:
formal, grave, serious

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Facetious Mnemonic:
A facetious person could be someone who makes funny faces..!!!

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Some more examples:

1. “I take back all those nasty facetious remarks I have ever made about you.”

2. After a comment that did not go over well, the professor apologized for being facetious.

3. “Don’t think I’m being facetious when I tell you you’re my best friend.”

4. Mark had also a considerable facetiousness, which he exercised impartially on the patients and on the students. He took a great pleasure in making his dressers look foolish.

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