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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
facetiously
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facetiously
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āĻ°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in a way that treats serious issues or subjects with deliberately inappropriate humor
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She facetiously offered to solve the office's problems by installing a chocolate fountain.
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āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§
in a joking or playful manner not meant to be taken seriously
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She facetiously called herself office queen after the last donut.
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āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
facetiously
facetious
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