facetiously 的定义
- 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.
facetiously 近义词
等同于 humorously
等同于 jokingly
更多facetiously例句
- 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."