tongue-in-cheek English

Meaning tongue-in-cheek meaning

What does tongue-in-cheek mean?

tongue-in-cheek

— adjective (= bantering, facetious) cleverly amusing in tone a bantering tone facetious remarks tongue-in-cheek advice

— adverb (= banteringly) in a bantering fashion he spoke to her banteringly

— adverb (= facetiously) not seriously I meant it facetiously

Synonyms tongue-in-cheek synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as tongue-in-cheek?

tongue-in-cheek English » English

jokingly

facetiously

facetious

banteringly

bantering

wryly

second degree

joking

ironically

ironic

hypocritical

humorous