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comparative more facetious, superlative most facetious
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. quotations examples
Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in,” Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.
2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
Pleasantly humorous; jocular. examples
(Of an idea or statement) humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite. examples