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Definition of facetiously adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

facetiously

adverb
 
/fəˈsiːʃəsli/
 
/fəˈsiːʃəsli/
(disapproving)
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  1. in a way that tries to appear funny and clever at a time when other people do not think it is appropriate, and when it would be better to be serious synonym flippantly
proverb
noun
 
 
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