facetious

fa·ce·tious  (f-sshs)

adj.

Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

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[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin factia, from factus, witty.]

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fa·cetious·ly adv.

fa·cetious·ness n.

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facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs]

adj

1. characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking a facetious person

2. jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times facetious remarks

[from Old French facetieux, from facetie witty saying; see facetiae]

facetiously  adv

facetiousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" bantering, tongue-in-cheek humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

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facetious

adjective flippant, funny, amusing, witty, merry, humorous, playful, pleasant, frivolous, tongue in cheek, comical, jesting, droll, jocular, waggish, unserious, jocose Are you going to listen or just make facetious remarks?
serious, earnest, grave, genuine, sober, sincere, thoughtful, sedate, lugubrious, pensive, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)

Translations

facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs] ADJ [person] → ocurrente, ingenioso; [remark] → jocoso, gracioso
don't be facetious → deja de decir frivolidades

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facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → facétieux/euse

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facetious

adj remark, speech, tone → witzelnd, spöttisch, mokant; to be facetious (about something) (→ über etw (acc)) → Witze machen, sich (→ über etw (acc)) → mokieren; facetious humour → Blödeleien pl; if satire is merely facetious → wenn Satire zur Blödelei wird; I was just being facetious → das war doch nur ein Witz or so eine Blödelei (inf)

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facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → faceto/a
don't be facetious → non fare lo spiritoso

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facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → faceto/a
don't be facetious → non fare lo spiritoso

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facetious

adj facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs]

not serious; intended to be funny or humorous a facetious remark. grappig, snaaks طَريف، فَكِه шеговит vtipný, směšný anstrengt morsom scherzhaft φαιδρός burlón naljaks öeldud وابسته به شوخی بیجا leikillinen facétieux מִתלוֹצֵץ हंसाने वाले, विनोद प्रिय, मजाकिया šaljiv, duhovit tréfás main-main gamansamur faceto おどけた 진지하지 않은 juokaujamas, juokingas, sąmojingas jocīgs; zobgalīgs berseloroh schertsend anstrengt morsom; ironisk dowcipny brincalhão/faceto, engraçadinho (como o Redondo!) glumeţ шутливый (nevhodne) vtipný, veselý šaljiv šaljiv skämtsam, lustig ทำเป็นเล่นโดยไม่ดูกาลเทศะ alaycı 滑稽的 веселий; жартівливий مزاق hay bông lơn 滑稽的

adv faˈcetiously

grappenderwys بِطَرافَه، بِفُكاهَه шеговито bodře, vtipně anstrengt morsomt scherzhaft αστειευόμενα, φαιδρά burlonamente naljatamisi بطور بیجا vitsikkäästi facétieusement בִּבְדִיחוּת विनोदशीलता šaljivo, duhovito tréfásan secara main-main á gamansaman hátt in modo faceto おどけて 농담으로 juokaujamai, sąmojingai jokojoši; zobgalīgi dengan berseloroh schertsend anstrengt morsomt; ironisk dowcipnie brincalhonamente pe un ton de glumă шутливо vtipne šaljivo šaljivo skämtsamt อย่างไม่ดูกาละเทศะ alaycı bir şekilde 滑稽地 для сміху; грайливо شوخی سے khôi hài, dí dỏm 滑稽地

n faˈcetiousness

vrolikheid, grappigheid; snaaksheid طَرافَه шеговитост bodrost anstrengt morsomhed die Scherzhaftigkeit φαιδρότητα carácter burlón/chistoso naljatavalt شوخی بیجا vitsikkyys caractère facétieux בְּדִיחוּת मजाकियापन šaljivost, duhovitost tréfásság sifat humoris gamansemi arguzia ひょうきん 익살 맞음 sąmojingumas jocīgums suka berseloroh scherts anstrengt morsomhet; ironi dowcip brincadeira/facécia neseriozitate (неуместная) шутливость vtipnosť šaljivost šaljivost skämtsamhet การเล่นอย่างไม่ดูกาละเทศะ alaycılık 滑稽 грайливість; жартівливість مسخری tính bông lơn. tính khôi hài, 滑稽