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adj.tongue-in-cheek, kidding

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In 2006, a Fermilab newsletter even recounted an only somewhat facetious report of a “coordinated attack” on the facility by a family of raccoons.

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Even seemingly facetious Laundrie “stans” acknowledge this grim reality.

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I was full of fentanyl—an opioid stronger than heroin—which seemed to embolden my facetious nature.

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For example, Preston likes to avoid sounding angry because she has found a friendly—even facetious—tone can defuse tense situations.

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At the club, they were far too facetious; even Randulf rallied him in a disagreeable manner.

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The late Bishop used to make a rather facetious remark about this tomb.

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You leave me to starve, for all you care; and you grow mighty facetious because I earn my bread.

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One facetious sportsman had once made a rule of setting the senior day-room chimney on fire every term.

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The manager was facetious—said he was "too thin for the theatre."

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On the fence was painted, in big black letters the facetious warning, "Keep out if you can."

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