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facetious

fuh see shuhs

  • s  cleverly amusing in tone
    facetious remarks

  • Her facetious remark was taken seriously by the audience and she had to quickly do some damage control.
  • The hour was horrendously late because of all those unruly, facetious vice-presidential nominations from the convention floor, but McGovern was saying to the delegates that he .
  • Next day the episode hit the headlines, and there was at least one facetious reference to Pearl Harbor.
News & Articles

  • In This Government REIT, I Trust
    NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- While longer-term rates like the 10-year Treasury bond "soar" (yes, I'm being facetious) to shocking levels like 2.45%, the market is giving dividend-hungry investors a long-awaited chance to capture higher yields on REITS with quality tenants. One that stands out and is "on sale" is Government Properties Income Trust. The name alone suggests that this real estate ...
    June 21, 2013 - TheStreet.com
Quotes

  • Yashwant Sinha in Times of India
    I think this kind of facetious and casual statement could only have come from a conceited person like Mr Chidambaram. I don't think he has the stature to make a remark about the meeting that Advaniji called,Sinha, a former finance minister,...
  • Ron Wilson in Toronto Sun
    I'd be facetious and say 'run the goalie', but I might need him later,said Wilson, with a laugh. "He's pretty much made the Olympic team, so I don't think he has to audition for the job. So he can just settle down and be subpar and less...
  • Lance Armstrong in AFP
    There haven't been many days when I have regretted my decision to return, but today might be be one of them,said Armstrong who won the last of his Tour titles in 2005. "I am being facetious, but you just spend the whole day on edge with...

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