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Definition of Facetiously
1. Adverb. Not seriously. "I meant it facetiously"
Definition of Facetiously
1. Adverb. In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor ¹
2. Adverb. (dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Facetiously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facetiously
Literary usage of Facetiously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"facetiously applied to a greenhorn, thot is, one from the verdant country called
the land of green ones. lowest type of profanity and vulgarity. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... facetiously applied to any kind of dog. Pool (American), a combination, clique,
gang, association, or syndicate formed by all the dealers in a certain ..."
3. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"... the following charms are facetiously mentioned as specifics against cramp : —Wear
bone ring on thumb, or tye Strong pack-thread below your thigh. ..."
4. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, James Norris Brewer, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Frederic Shoberl, Joseph Nightingale, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, John Bigland, John Evans, Thomas Rees (1802)
"Soon after the news of this arrived in England, his Grace was facetiously asked
by Archy, ... facetiously ..."
5. Mary Brandegee: An Autobiography by Ellen Peck (1865)
"He shrugged his shoulders and rose, observing, facetiously: ' I did not ask you
that. I only requested to know the sum attached -to your signature. ..."
6. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1812)
"AN APOSTROPHE, IN SUPPORT OF THE CLAUSE WHICH GIVES facetiously HER MAJESTY THE
BUCK-HOUNDS. [From the Morning Herald, Jan. 19. ..."
7. Two Hundred and Nine Days: Or, The Journal of a Traveller on the Continent by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1827)
"It was facetiously said, that a Prussian officer would be broken, or had been
broken, if not shot, for saying adieu. The French, or their rulers, ..."
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