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Facetiously

//fəˈsiːʃəsli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.

    "Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians, and Pastafarians facetiously assert that a steady decline in the number of pirates has resulted in a significant rise in global temperature."

  2. 2
    In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion. dated
Adverb
  1. 1
    not seriously wordnet

Etymology

From facetious + -ly.

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