facetious
Example Sentences
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When I heard of the famously facetious Mr. Lavrov’s humorous remark, I wondered whom our president has chosen to advise him.
From Washington Times
“I’m grateful that there is still room in the world for something facetious to occur now and then.”
From Seattle Times
I'm being facetious, but I have sometimes felt that this idea of being the way I am for so long — a person of faith — makes it difficult to imagine changing that.
From Salon
I am not being facetious: Russia is now one of the biggest providers of military aid to Ukraine.
From Salon
He said later in the show that he was being facetious.
From Seattle Times
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