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tongue-in-cheek
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tongue-in-cheek has 1 sense
- tongue-in-cheek(s = adj.all) bantering, facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
Adverbial tongue-in-cheek has 2 senses
- tongue-in-cheek(r = adv.all) banteringly - in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
- tongue-in-cheek(r = adv.all) facetiously, jokingly - not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
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