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Facetious meaning

  1. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
  2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
  3. humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

Synonyms of Facetious

bantering tongue-in-cheek humorous humourous

Related words

Other words often associated with Facetious or its synonyms:

comic clownlike risible funny amusing clownish mirthful comical zany buffoonish laughable jokingly

Using Facetious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. | Pleasantly humorous; jocular. | humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
  • Useful related words include: bantering, tongue-in-cheek, humorous, humourous.
  • In the example corpus, facetious often appears in combinations such as: being facetious, is facetious.

Context around Facetious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

slightly 1× completely 1× although 1× partly 1× somewhat 1×

Often after:

introduction 1× compliment 1× saying 1× nights 1× epilogue 1× way 1×

Sentence patterns with Facetious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a partly facetious epilogue spoken 1× a somewhat facetious way the 1× being completely facetious with my 1× from the facetious nights of 1× is a facetious compliment to 1× is being facetious when it 1× m being facetious but only 1× popular although facetious saying is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another popular although 1× btw i m 1× definition from the 1× depending upon the 1× despite this review 1× gildon also offers 1×

Common sentence endings:

best comedic moments 1× but telling ways 1× facetious rather funny 1× in the future 1× of considerable dispute 1× of his work 1×

Words around Facetious

Just before it in the word index:

faceting 8 facetiming 10 facetimes 4 facetimed 16 facetime 176 faceted 118

Just after it in the word index:

facetiously 19 facetiousness 2 facets 261 facetune 4 facewash 5 facey 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Facetious

  • In this selection, "facetious" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, slightly, completely, although, introduction, compliment and saying stand out and add context to how "facetious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a partly facetious epilogue spoken and a somewhat facetious way the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "facetious" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with facetious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I’m being facetious, but only a little. (8 words)

I think you’re being facetious, rather funny. (8 words)

Btw I'm being completely facetious with my posts. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

Definition From The Facetious Nights of Straparola by Giovanni Francesco Straparola Although the fairy tale is a distinct genre within the larger category of folktale, the definition that marks a work as a fairy tale is a source of considerable dispute. (41 words)

The DE is being facetious when it suggested that “The short-term first phase beginning this week will focus on setting national benchmarks for selling Guyana’s portion of its crude in the future”. (34 words)

Despite this review’s slightly facetious introduction, it’s clear their knowledge of youngsters was thoughtfully applied to their work, at times in small but telling ways. (27 words)

Question examples

Letter to the editor: What really happened in the election of City Council Position 5Are you being facetious? (18 words)

Example sentences (12)

Despite this review’s slightly facetious introduction, it’s clear their knowledge of youngsters was thoughtfully applied to their work, at times in small but telling ways.

I’m being facetious, but only a little.

Btw I'm being completely facetious with my posts.

Depending upon the companies to find the solutions when they have built and strengthened these practices is facetious.

His reserved disposition is a facetious compliment to his bloodthirsty and money-hungry villainous counterparts, which aptly sets up some of the film’s best comedic moments.

Letter to the editor: What really happened in the election of City Council Position 5Are you being facetious?

The DE is being facetious when it suggested that “The short-term first phase beginning this week will focus on setting national benchmarks for selling Guyana’s portion of its crude in the future”.

I think you’re being facetious, rather funny.

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Another popular although facetious saying is that "a Yankee is someone from the North who visits the South.

Definition From The Facetious Nights of Straparola by Giovanni Francesco Straparola Although the fairy tale is a distinct genre within the larger category of folktale, the definition that marks a work as a fairy tale is a source of considerable dispute.

Gildon also offers a partly facetious epilogue, spoken by Shakespeare's ghost, who complains of the constant revisions of his work.

They were invented to show, in a somewhat facetious way, the ability of the language to form long words (see agglutinative language ).

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Common combinations with facetious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "facetious" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite this review’s slightly facetious introduction, it’s clear their knowledge of youngsters was thoughtfully applied to their work, at times in small but telling ways." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "facetious" from authentic English texts.
What does "facetious" mean?
Facetious means: Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
What are synonyms of "facetious"?
Common synonyms of "facetious" include: bantering, tongue-in-cheek, humorous, humourous.
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