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tongue-in-cheek
tongue-in-cheek (tŭng′ĭn-chēk′)adj. Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  tongue-in-cheek - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"bantering, facetioushumorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" | | Adv. | 1. |  tongue-in-cheek - in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"banteringly | | 2. |  tongue-in-cheek - not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"facetiously, jokingly |
Translationstongue-in-cheek
tongue-in-cheekJocular or humorous, though seeming or appearing to be serious. The president's tongue-in-cheek speech about the "War on Couch Potatoes" has been extremely popular on the Internet this week.tongue-in-cheekFig. insincere; joking. Ann made a tongue-in-cheek remark to John, and he got mad because he thought she was serious. The play seemed very serious at first, but then everyone saw that it was tongue-in-cheek, and they began laughing.AcronymsSeeTICtongue-in-cheek
Synonyms for tongue-in-cheekadj cleverly amusing in toneSynonymsRelated Wordsadv in a bantering fashionSynonymsadv not seriouslySynonyms |