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facetious

/fəˈsiʃəs/adjective

silly and playful about serious matters, at the wrong time

I was being facetious when I said we should move to the moon.

Near in meaning
flippantglibtongue-in-cheekjoking
In the family
facetiouslyfacetiousness

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