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# facetious

adjective (facetious); adverb facetiously

«facetious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Joking at the wrong time, about something serious, so it seems silly or rude, as in «a facetious remark». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#m1)
2. Facetious can also mean simply funny, meant to make people laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and school, a teacher might say «Don't be facetious» when a pupil makes a cheeky joke instead of answering seriously. In stories, a facetious character uses jokes to avoid dealing with a problem. It is a formal, grown-up word.

### Examples

- When the teacher asked why he was late, he gave a facetious answer: «My bed wouldn't let me go.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x1)
- Don't be facetious — this is important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x2)
- Her facetious comment upset her friend, who was sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x3)
- He was only being facetious when he said he'd eat his homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x4)
- A facetious answer will not get you marks in an exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x5)
- The jokes which form the themes of the Russian facetious tales are for the most part common to all Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/#x6)

### Note

Said «fuh-SEE-shus». Fun fact: «facetious» has all five vowels, a, e, i, o, u, in order. Close words: «flippant», «cheeky».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «facetious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/facetious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«facetious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/facetious.html) on Mova free.