TONGUE-IN-CHEEK

• (adverb) not seriously

  "I meant it facetiously"

  synonyms : facetiously , jokingly

• (adverb) in a bantering fashion

  "he spoke to her banteringly"

  synonyms : banteringly

• (adj.) cleverly amusing in tone

  "a bantering tone", "facetious remarks", "tongue-in-cheek advice"

  synonyms : bantering , facetious

  after a while, she learnt to take his bantering in the light way it was meant to be taken. -added by diviya_inlas

  a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating -added by nithi

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