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facetiously

/fuh-see-shuhs/US // fəˈsi ʃəs //UK // (fəˈsiːʃəs) //

嬉皮笑脸地,讽刺地,嬉笑怒骂,嬉皮笑脸

Related Words

amusing好玩的,有趣的,有趣的是,好玩blithe轻快的,轻快,轻快地,轻快的人clever聪明的,巧妙的,聪明,巧妙地comic漫画,滑稽,漫画家,喜剧comical滑稽,滑稽的,滑稽可笑,滑稽可笑的droll蠢蠢欲动,滑稽,滑稽的,蠢蠢欲动的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想farcical闹剧,闹哄哄的,滑稽,闹着玩的flip抛出,抛物线,抛掷,抛物flippant轻描淡写,轻描淡写的,轻率的,轻率frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮funny有趣的是,滑稽,滑稽的,有趣的gay男同性恋者,男同性恋,同同性恋,同同性恋者humorous幽默,幽默的,风趣幽默,幽默风趣indecorous不雅的,猥琐,不雅观的,不雅观ironic可笑的,具有讽刺意味的,可笑,可笑的是irreverent不敬业,不敬,不敬佩的,不敬佩jesting打趣地说,打趣话,打趣说,打趣jocose戏称,戏谑,戏说,戏言

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
    • : amusing; humorous.
    • : lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhumorously
Synonyms
amusingly可笑的是,有趣的是,可笑地,有趣地jokingly会心地说着,会话中,会话,会心地说absurdly荒谬的是,荒唐地,荒唐的是,荒谬地ironically讽刺的是,具有讽刺意味的是,讽刺地,讽刺性地jocosely戏称,戏谑地,戏谑的说,嘲讽地jovially欢天喜地,欢天喜地地,欢快地,欢天喜地的ludicrously可笑的是,可笑的,可笑地,可笑merrily欢快地,愉快地,欢快的,快乐地mirthfully欢喜地,愉快地,得意洋洋地,得意洋洋playfully嬉皮笑脸,嬉戏,嬉皮笑脸地,嬉皮士ridiculously可笑的是,可笑的,荒谬的,荒谬地satirically讽刺地,讽刺性地,讽刺的是,讽刺地讲
as injokingly
Synonyms
in fun有意思的是,乐趣中,有意思,有趣的是in jest开玩笑的说,说来也是,开玩笑的是jocularly戏谑地,诙谐地说,戏谑的说,诙谐地

Examples

  • My own half-facetious daydream is to put Walmart—which has 150 million people passing through its doors each week and operates more than 5,000 pharmacies, many in underserved areas—in charge of vaccine distribution.

  • The pair are of course being somewhat facetious in tracing the end of growth to a particular day.

  • And despite the situation not being funny at all, the Onion facetiously offered Incognito a five-year, $50 million contract.

  • Facetiously, Norquist adds, “That would raise revenue if we could get more of those 12-year-olds paying cigarette taxes.”

  • I asked, facetiously, but I didn't feel in the least humorous.

  • Our military cook would often facetiously refer to "platoon-firing in the starboard oven."

  • The young engineer must pick his boss as our young men are facetiously advised to pick their parents.

  • The guard stopped, presented arms to this small, peremptory terrier, and inquired facetiously if he had a pass.

  • Footnote 43: Flogging was facetiously termed "putting on a new shirt."

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