Sentence example with the word 'facetious'

facetious

biting, clever, droll, humorsome, jocular, joky, jovial, laughable, mordant, pungent, salt, sharp, sprightly

Definition adj. cleverly amusing in tone

Last update: November 30, 2016


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He kept making facetious remarks in the hall.   [adjective]

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Sorry if that sounds facetious, but it is a valid point.   [adjective]

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This is obviously untrue (at least one MP is Prime Minister, for a facetious example).   [adjective]

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Sir John Shrug, and Master Billy Chatter, who is actually a very facetious young gentleman.   [adjective]

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Bumble, whom the gin-and-water had rendered facetious.   [adjective]

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He had no sooner mounted than the facetious curate, coming into the kitchen, held forth in this manner: "There the old rascal goes, and the d--l go with him."   [adjective]

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With this irrepressible ebullition of mirth, Master Bates laid himself flat on the floor: and kicked convulsively for five minutes, in an ectasy of facetious joy.   [adjective]

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Mandeville, author of the "Fable of the Bees," who had a club there, of which he was the soul, being a most facetious, entertaining companion.   [adjective]

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This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.   [adjective]

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But, making Oliver cry, Noah attempted to be more facetious still; and in his attempt, did what many sometimes do to this day, when they want to be funny.   [adjective]

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He gave a facetious example.   [Please select]

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