facetious
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facetious
not to be taken seriously; amusing; humorous; frivolous: I was only being facetious.
Not to be confused with:
factitious – artificial; contrived: His enthusiastic response was factitious.; made; manufactured: a factitious part
fictitious – spurious, fake; fictional; created or assumed with the intention to conceal: a fictitious name; imaginatively produced: a fictitious story
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fa·ce·tious
(fə-sē′shəs)adj.
Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin facētia, from facētus, witty.]
fa·ce′tious·ly adv.
fa·ce′tious·ness n.
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facetious
(fəˈsiːʃəs)adj
1. characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking: a facetious person.
2. jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times: facetious remarks.
[C16: from Old French facetieux, from facetie witty saying; see facetiae]
faˈcetiously adv
faˈcetiousness n
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fa•ce•tious
(fəˈsi ʃəs)adj.
1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent: a facetious person.
[1585–95; < Latin facētus clever, witty. See -ious]
fa•ce′tious•ly, adv.
fa•ce′tious•ness, n.
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facetious
- Originally meant "having polished or urbane manners," and, along with sequoia, uses all five vowels.See also related terms for polished.
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| Adj. | 1. |  facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" |
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facetious
adjective flippant, funny, amusing, witty, merry, humorous, playful, pleasant, frivolous, tongue in cheek, comical, jesting, droll, jocular, waggish, unserious, jocose Are you going to listen or just make facetious remarks?
serious, earnest, grave, genuine, sober, sincere, thoughtful, sedate, lugubrious, pensive, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
serious, earnest, grave, genuine, sober, sincere, thoughtful, sedate, lugubrious, pensive, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
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facetious
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Translations
طَريف، فَكِه
лекомисленнепочтителеншеговит
směšnývtipný
epäasiallinen
tréfás
gamansamur
juokaujamaijuokaujamassąmojingaisąmojingumas
jocīgszobgalīgs
grappigspotterig
veselý
facetious
[fəˈsiːʃəs] ADJ [person] → ocurrente, ingenioso; [remark] → jocoso, graciosodon't be facetious → deja de decir frivolidades
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
facetious
[fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → facétieux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
facetious
adj remark, speech, tone → witzelnd, spöttisch, mokant; to be facetious (about something) (→ über etw (acc)) → Witze machen, sich (→ über etw (acc)) → mokieren; facetious humour → Blödeleien pl; if satire is merely facetious → wenn Satire zur Blödelei wird; I was just being facetious → das war doch nur ein Witz or so eine Blödelei (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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facetious
(fəˈsiːʃəs) adjective not serious; intended to be funny or humorous. a facetious remark.
faˈcetiously adverbfaˈcetiousness noun
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