facetiouslyadv.
/fəˈsiːʃəsli/, U.S. /fəˈsiʃəsli/ In a facetious manner; spec. wittily, humorously, flippantly.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. ii. 258 Lucian dooth..facetiouslie [Fr. facetieusement] shewe the differences and controuersies of the Greeke Philosophers.
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 113 This..which Aristophanes facetiously calls Muscas abigere.
1658 Let. 4 June in H. Slingsby Father's Legacy 87 The Attourney was pleased to make answer facetiously according to his usual manner:..That he never heard in all his time, that treason was held a jest.
1731 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated ii. 9 B. answers, very facetiously.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. iii. 11 Pages which certain droll Authors have been facetiously pleased to call The History of England . View more context for this quotation
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvii. 253 In one large aperture, which the robber facetiously called his spence (or pantry). View more context for this quotation
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 177 Sir Mulberry Hawk leered upon his friends most facetiously.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 May 6/1 The private view, facetiously so-called.
1919 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 13 Sept. 7/1 A vaudeville comedian facetiously uses a gas mask to protect himself against the hot air of his fellow comedians.
1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. xiii. 20/5 It has been facetiously said that nostalgia is a thing of the past.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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