FACETIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does facetiously mean? 

• FACETIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb FACETIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. not seriously

  Familiarity information: FACETIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACETIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not seriously

Synonyms:

facetiously; jokingly; tongue-in-cheek

Context example:

I meant it facetiously

Pertainym:

facetious (cleverly amusing in tone)

 Context examples 

I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One of the hunters, a tall, loose-jointed chap named Henderson, was going aft at the time from the steerage (the name the hunters facetiously gave their midships sleeping quarters) to the cabin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)