Know Your Next Word : facetious
14. facetious :
adjective :
humorous, not serious, clumsily humorous
usage :
David was sent to the principal's office for making a facetious remark about the intelligence of the French teacher.
Our proposal about shipping our town's garbage to the moon was facetious, but the first selectman took it seriously.
a facetious remark
a facetious person
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