trying to appear amusing and intelligent at a time when other people do not think it is appropriate, and when it would be better to be serious synonym flippant a facetious comment/remark Stop being facetious; this is serious.
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adverb
noun [uncountable]See facetious in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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