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# facetiously

«facetiously» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a joking way, especially about a serious matter, when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (facetiously)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a joking way, especially about a serious matter, when it is not the right time for jokes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#m1)

2) Not meant seriously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show a character is joking or being silly when others are serious: «"Maybe the dog did my homework," he said facetiously.» A teacher may say «Don't answer facetiously». It tells the reader the words are not meant to be taken as true.

### examples

- "I'll just fly to school," she said facetiously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x1)
- He answered facetiously, so the teacher asked again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x2)
- "Maybe aliens took it," Tom said facetiously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x3)
- She was speaking facetiously, not giving real advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x4)
- Don't reply facetiously when someone is upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x5)
- He facetiously suggested we eat the homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/#x6)

### note

Adjective: facetious (fa-SEE-shus). Spelling trap: contains all five vowels a, e, i, o, u in order (plus y at the end). Facetious remarks can seem rude in serious moments.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «facetiously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetiously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.