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facetiously

adverb as in humorously

adverb as in jokingly

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My own half-facetious daydream is to put Walmart—which has 150 million people passing through its doors each week and operates more than 5,000 pharmacies, many in underserved areas—in charge of vaccine distribution.

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The pair are of course being somewhat facetious in tracing the end of growth to a particular day.

And despite the situation not being funny at all, the Onion facetiously offered Incognito a five-year, $50 million contract.

Facetiously, Norquist adds, “That would raise revenue if we could get more of those 12-year-olds paying cigarette taxes.”

I asked, facetiously, but I didn't feel in the least humorous.

Our military cook would often facetiously refer to "platoon-firing in the starboard oven."

The young engineer must pick his boss as our young men are facetiously advised to pick their parents.

The guard stopped, presented arms to this small, peremptory terrier, and inquired facetiously if he had a pass.

Footnote 43: Flogging was facetiously termed "putting on a new shirt."

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

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