Facetiously is an English word with synonyms like jokingly. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Facetiously meaning
- In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.
- In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
Synonyms of Facetiously
Using Facetiously
- The main meaning on this page is: In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. | In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
- Useful related words include: jokingly, tongue-in-cheek.
- In the example corpus, facetiously often appears in combinations such as: facetiously suggested, was facetiously, sometimes facetiously.
Context around Facetiously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Facetiously
- In this selection, "facetiously" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sometimes, druski, spartz, suggested, offers and asked stand out and add context to how "facetiously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also known facetiously as mutual and but less facetiously it s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "facetiously" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with facetiously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But less facetiously, it’s the spectacularly tactile nature of the platforming. (12 words)
Epstein was facetiously asked one day at Wrigley Field whether he noticed Chicago was a two-team city. (18 words)
Obviously, journalists, so successful at guiding capitalism (I speak facetiously through long experience), were also “hungry for political drama”. (19 words)
Today, those who are from that part of the city, say, facetiously, that they are from “Cádiz, Cádiz, Cádiz” — the original city of Cádiz, in the city of Cádiz, in the province of Cádiz. (34 words)
In Busman's Honeymoon Wimsey facetiously refers to a gentleman's duty "to remember whom he had taken to bed" so as not to embarrass his bedmate by calling her by the wrong name. (34 words)
It means "Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds" and is sometimes facetiously translated as "you fish your side of the water, I fish my side of the water, nobody fishes the middle". (34 words)
Example sentences (17)
Druski facetiously offers aspiring artists an opportunity to display their skills in front of millions in those “Coulda Been Records” social media sessions.
Indiana’s Victoria Spartz facetiously suggested that Democrats might support more walls along the border if they could put solar panels on them.
But less facetiously, it’s the spectacularly tactile nature of the platforming.
Epstein was facetiously asked one day at Wrigley Field whether he noticed Chicago was a two-team city.
Obviously, journalists, so successful at guiding capitalism (I speak facetiously through long experience), were also “hungry for political drama”.
Sorry, I was facetiously referring specifically to your seeming beating yourself up about a single typo amidst your extraordinary article.
The tweet facetiously plays on social distancing measures and Badgley's sociopathic character by telling fans to stay away from Joe Goldberg at all times.
Today, those who are from that part of the city, say, facetiously, that they are from “Cádiz, Cádiz, Cádiz” — the original city of Cádiz, in the city of Cádiz, in the province of Cádiz.
A resolution introduced by some members of the California State Assembly facetiously called the IAU decision a "scientific heresy".
However café is now sometimes facetiously pronounced "caff", while in pâté, the acute accent is helpful to distinguish it from pate.
In Busman's Honeymoon Wimsey facetiously refers to a gentleman's duty "to remember whom he had taken to bed" so as not to embarrass his bedmate by calling her by the wrong name.
In the U.S., people who play rugby are sometimes called "ruggers", a term little used elsewhere except facetiously.
It means "Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds" and is sometimes facetiously translated as "you fish your side of the water, I fish my side of the water, nobody fishes the middle".
It would take a deep plummet to reach bottom in the Erie County Pen, and I do but skim lightly and facetiously the surface of things as I there saw them.
Link farms Link farms are tightly-knit communities of pages referencing each other, also known facetiously as mutual admiration societies.
Season 3 DVD: Inside Look of 'The Note' In the commentary of "The Note", Julia Dreyfus facetiously suggests it was removed because the perceived lyric related closely to the low ratings at the time.
The poet James Whitcomb Riley facetiously suggested that the fierce brawling that took place in Indiana involved enough biting that the expression "Whose ear?" became notable.
Common combinations with facetiously
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: