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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek] adv
1: in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly" [syn: banteringly, tongue-in-cheek]
2: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheek]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1933 characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
see tongue
