facetious

Adjective Satellite

cleverly amusing in tone
- "facetious remarks"

Adj

Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

Examples

Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.

Origin / Etymology

From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).

Synonyms

bantering, tongue-in-cheek

Scrabble Score: 14

facetious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
facetious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
facetious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

facetious: valid Words With Friends Word