facetiously
With playful irony
Facetiously means in a joking or flippant manner, especially when seriousness might be expected: I facetiously suggested we solve the budget crisis by selling the building.
The word often signals that a remark shouldn't be taken at face value.
It's one of the few English words containing all five vowels in order.
Inclined to jest
- jestHumorous remark or act
- quipBrief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
wit · drollery · levity · whimsy · joke · gag · punchline · amusement
Irony used to mock
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- drynessAbsence of moisture
- incongruityLack of harmony
- understatementIntentional diminishment for effect
hyperbole · deadpan · wry · tongue-in-cheek · arch · sly · flippant · waggish
Cheerful and without worry
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- roguishMischievously charming
- puckishWhimsically inclined to tease
frisky · sportive · frolicsome · whimsical · blithe · coltish · prankish · elfin
Contemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
sneer · scoff · gibe · lampoon · parody · caricature · burlesque · raillery
Feigning ignorance or innocence
- feignedFalsely displayed or simulated
- pretendAct as though
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- hollowEmpty within
superficial · glib · flip · offhand · cavalier · dismissive · unserious · half-joking
jocular
Inclined to jest
banter · wit · drollery · levity · whimsy · joke · gag · punchline · amusement · funniness
sarcasm
Irony used to mock
- sardonicGrimly mocking
- drynessAbsence of moisture
- incongruityLack of harmony
understatement · hyperbole · deadpan · wry · tongue-in-cheek · arch · sly · flippant · waggish · irreverent
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- roguishMischievously charming
puckish · frisky · sportive · frolicsome · whimsical · blithe · coltish · prankish · elfin · capering
derision
Contemptuous mockery
jeer · sneer · scoff · gibe · lampoon · parody · caricature · burlesque · raillery · satire
disingenuous
Feigning ignorance or innocence
- feignedFalsely displayed or simulated
- pretendAct as though
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
hollow · superficial · glib · flip · offhand · cavalier · dismissive · unserious · half-joking
facetiouslysincerely
With genuine feeling
earnestly · seriously · genuinely · in earnest · in all seriousness
facetiouslygravely
In serious manner
somberly · mournfully · heavily · weightily · reverently