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facetiously

adverb as in jokingly

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I said facetiously, which got me a look that said, “Never!”

Olsen: I don’t mean this facetiously, but how do you find your research witch?

The moment is a typical Bondian bad-guy intro, and yet because of the facetiously serious tone and absurd context around it, it’s absolutely sidesplitting.

Emma Roberts is engaged to boyfriend Cody John, making the announcement social-media official to facetiously beat her mother to the punch.

“I heard they got six new Black members — congrats to them,” Carmichael said facetiously.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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