facetious

(fə-sē'shəs)
adj.
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin facētia, from facētus, witty.]

facetiously fa·ce'tious·ly adv.
facetiousness fa·ce'tious·ness n.

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adjective

Intended to excite laughter or amusement: comedic, funny, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty. See laughter.

adj

Definition: tongue-in-cheek, kidding
Antonyms: formal, grave, serious, unfunny

IN BRIEF: Intended to be funny.

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

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• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - morsom, spøgefuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
geestig

Français (French)
adj. - facétieux, badin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - witzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περιπαικτικός, στερούμενος σοβαρότητας

Italiano (Italian)
faceto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - brincalhão

Русский (Russian)
игривый, шутливый, несерьезный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - gracioso, bromista, chistoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skämtsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
滑稽的, 爱开玩笑的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 滑稽的, 愛開玩笑的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 농담의, 익살맞은, 우스운 , 재밌는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 滑稽な, 冗談の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طريف , ظريف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮היתולי, מבדח, משעשע‬

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