"facetiously" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /fəˈsiːʃəsli/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-facetiously.ogg Forms: more facetiously [comparative], most facetiously [superlative]
Etymology: From facetious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|facetious|-ly|id2=adverbial}} facetious + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} facetiously (comparative more facetiously, superlative most facetiously)
  1. In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. Synonyms (with inappropriate humor): flippantly
    Sense id: en-facetiously-en-adv-PDFE294O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 72 28 Disambiguation of English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'with inappropriate humor': 85 15
  2. (dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion. Tags: dated Synonyms (in a pleasantly humorous fashion): humorously, jocularly, playfully
    Sense id: en-facetiously-en-adv-~37DrZVO Disambiguation of 'in a pleasantly humorous fashion': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: facetious, facetiousness
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