facetiously

Example Sentences

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There is no perfect name for this dynamic, but some have begun to refer to it, somewhat facetiously, as “Dark Woke.”

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024

The word “housedaddies,” referring facetiously to fathers who help in the home, appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

That 27-point threshold can facetiously be described as the Keyes Constant, or Crazification Factor, meaning the amount of support a joke candidate of one of the major parties is likely to obtain.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

A topic of world-shaking importance, yet dealt with facetiously; an android trait, possibly, he thought.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick