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Tongue-in-cheek   /təŋ-ɪn-tʃik/   Listen
Tongue-in-cheek

adjective
1.
Cleverly amusing in tone.  Synonyms: bantering, facetious.  "Facetious remarks" , "Tongue-in-cheek advice"
adverb
1.
In a bantering fashion.  Synonym: banteringly.
2.
Not seriously.  Synonyms: facetiously, jokingly.





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