I use the word in a tongue-in-cheek fashion.
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Tongue-in-cheek
Synonyms for "tongue-in-cheek" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (12)
Adjective(9 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Prep_phrase(2 words)
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Translations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- met een knipoog adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
French
1 entries- second degré adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
German
2 entries- augenzwinkernd adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- mit einem Augenzwinkern adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Greek
2 entries- αστείος adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- χιουμοριστικός adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Hungarian
1 entries- kaján adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Indonesian
1 entries- jenaka adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Polish
1 entries- z przymrużeniem oka adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Russian
3 entries- лука́вый adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- насме́шливый adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- шутливый adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Spanish
4 entries- burlón adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- como chiste adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- de broma adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
- irónico adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Swedish
1 entries- med glimten i ögat adj (witty, jocular, humorous)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
It's meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
Source: tatoeba (12530678)
"I was being tongue-in-cheek when I said that." "Well, I thought you were serious."
Source: tatoeba (13590060)
He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint.
Source: wiktionary
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