Facetious

Adjective

 * 1) Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
 * Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious.
 * 1) Pleasantly humorous, jocular.

Adverbs for Facetious
comically; waggishly; entertainingly; inappropriately; unseasonably; happily; merrily; youthfully; smartly; unfortunately; fantastically; quick-wittedly; nimbly; clown-ishly; jovially; convivially; whimsically; amusingly; pleasantly; foolishly; bantering-ly; teasingly; drolly; fatuously; remarkably.

Synonyms for Facetious
witty, jocular, jocose, merry, humorous, funny, amusing, ironic, frivolous, pleasant, jesting, waggish, comical, laughable, droll.

Antonyms for Facetious
serious, solemn, morose, sad, melancholy, dull, stolid, phlegmatic, grave, formal, ceremonial, pensive, gloomy, somber, dejected, dignified.

Derived terms

 * facetiously
 * facetiousness

Thesaurus
Attic, biting, blithe, brilliant, clever, comic, comical, droll, funny, humorous, humorsome, jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking, joky, jolly, joshing, jovial, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mordant, nimble-witted, pointed, pungent, quick-witted, rapier-like, salt, salty, scintillating, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, whimsical, witty

Etymology
From facétieux: <  facetia: < facetus:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: spottend, spotterig


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 轻率的, 滑稽的
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: hyväntuulinen, leikillinen
 * Portuguese: busseta