| 单词 | facetious |
| 例句 | I don't know whether he was just trying to be facetious or if he actually worried that I walked around campus acting like a raving lunatic. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Also, I know I was being facetious about that whole musk thistle thing, but hiking with them does sound fun. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He put his hands on my shoulders, and said, in tones facetious, “See, Prince O., we’re alike in more than just our skin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Responding to a media furore unleashed by the YouTube video, Madonna issued a statement on Tuesday through her spokeswoman saying her reference to Obama's religion was facetious. Madonna defends 'black Muslim' Obama endorsement 2012-09-26T06:22:46Z Washington: I was going to say the best way to tell was to casually date multiple people, but now it’ll just sound facetious. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s way past time to hang up on this abusive relationship 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z I don’t mean to sound facetious or come off as condescending, nor am I trying to pun off the group’s second album. REVIEW: Reissue of Definitely Maybe Is (Definitely) a Reminder of Oasis' Greatness 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z When appropriate, the band members filled in as facetious background vocalists in arrangements that affected a jazzy saloon style. Music Review: James Naughton Sings Randy Newman’s Standards 2014-01-29T20:05:46Z “What starts out as a campy, facetious catalog of Hollywood trivia becomes an extraordinarily moving film about manhood, heroism and love.” William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Leading Man of the 1980s, Dies at 71 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z These are exuberant exercises in rhetoric, full of paradoxes and historical fabrications, sweeping the reader along with a kind of facetious indifference to the standards of rational argument. High culture is being corrupted by a culture of fakes 2012-12-19T08:30:04Z For all of Mr. Serra’s facetious asides, his art has an estimable directness. Richard Serra Is Carrying the Weight of the World 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Actually, this is not a purely facetious argument. Is the Tate too good for Danny Boyle? 2011-07-29T15:28:52Z Host Neil Patrick Harris began the show at the Beacon Theatre with an exuberant, facetious song about how Broadway isn't just for gay people any more. Tony awards, 2011: Big winners and Northwest connections 2011-06-13T04:29:05Z This is not hard to understand if you do a tiny bit of history, and I don't mean this to be facetious. Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Oh, OK -- I'm being facetious, in a way. "A Nightmare on Elm Street": Wake me when it's over 2010-04-30T13:01:00Z But Mr. Wainwright, a natural clown with a facetious self-mocking humor, soon escaped the curse by claiming his own niche as his generation’s most ruthlessly honest singing comedian. New Music: Albums by Rascal Flatts, Anita Wilson and Loudon Wainwright 2012-04-02T22:29:45Z I was being facetious before when I spoke of “Highlander,” but it really is true. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan of 'Breaking Bad' Talks About Ending the Season, and the Series 2011-10-10T03:07:01Z If "The View" hosts took the time to read Havrilesky's writing, they might discover a more nuanced commentary on marriage, one that is equal parts critical and facetious. "The View" hosts offended by humorous marriage book: "You don't need to call people funny names" 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It's always garage revisited, but sometimes he plays the fool, sometimes he sounds facetious, other times he strikes a more plaintive, empathetic note. New band of the day (Leon T. Pearl 1,555) 2013-07-17T14:05:00Z Stephen Hawking has written a short, occasionally facetious, but generally reliable and informative history of classical and quantum mechanics. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Few cared if von Trier was being facetious, or just gleefully self-destructive. More von Trier fallout; plus, Antonio Banderas is a doctor. Trust him. 2011-05-19T13:31:00Z Still, the Mad Decent label founder didn't stop there, continuing to harangue Swift fans on social media and link to a facetious Fundly campaign to raise money "to get Taylor Swift a booty." Lorde comes to Taylor Swift's defense after Diplo's booty remarks 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z What we said: “A lab-rat experiment of a film with flat, facetious humour and a single insidious joke maintained and developed with monomaniacal intensity.” The best films of 2020 so far 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It made me want to ask a question that, like those twin impulses of adolescence itself, is both facetious and sincere: am I too old for pop? Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z Perhaps a clue to such Englishness lies in that camp, oddball hybrid of the enigmatic and the loopy, the mysterious and the facetious. Paul Morley meets morris dancing trio The Belles of London City 2010-04-23T11:37:00Z The force of his bonhomie gives this murky-looking, empty conceit of a film a desperately needed lift of facetious humor. Movie Review: ‘The Bag Man,’ Starring Robert De Niro 2014-02-28T00:34:03Z This is not a facetious query, I swear. "The Stand" finale is aggravating confirmation that Stephen King still needs more Black friends 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z In France, you can be prosecuted for making anti-Semitic comments, sincere or facetious. Cannes: Director grabs spotlight, but films stand out 2011-05-19T19:56:12Z He drew up a facetious prenuptial agreement that laughingly stated the husband’s right to control the family finances and be the final arbiter in all matters. 2010-02-03T21:40:00Z You can consider “Whiplash” the “Zero Dark Thirty” of jazz movies, and the comparison is less facetious than it sounds. “Whiplash” examines the line between education and abuse 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It's possible Dante was being facetious here, but it's way more fun to assume he's being dead serious, so let's go with that. "Gremlins" creator: "The Mandalorian" "out-and-out copied" me for Baby Yoda 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Seth MacFarlane, the creator of TV's Family Guy, has co-written and directed a stoner fantasy which is cynical and lethargic, sour and dour; it is misanthropic, crass, facetious, offensive, immature and very funny. Ted – review 2012-08-02T14:30:02Z My analogy with Josef Stalin is totally facetious, although I am, in a roundabout fashion, hoping to make a point there. Dear “Star Wars” fans: I’m super sorry I ruined the whole thing for everybody 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z And, without seeming facetious, I said ‘No, I’m just not going to do that.” After 17 Years Away, Director Bruce Robinson Returns With The Rum Diary 2011-10-27T17:45:54Z Haggis may be playing games, but the director of “Crash” and “In the Valley of Elah” doesn’t have it in him to be facetious. David Denby: “Third Person” and “22 Jump Street” Reviews 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z My Own Kitchen People think I’m being facetious, but I had never cooked at home except for the occasional one or two meals, maybe like Thanksgiving 18 years ago. David Chang Loves Beethoven’s Ninth (but Won’t Finish ‘Infinite Jest’) 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “On a day when I was feeling uncharacteristically facetious.” The Language of Love 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The most complimentary word for it that reviewers came up with was "eccentric"; "loathsome" and "facetious" figured, too. Seasonal Suicide Notes: My Life as it Is Lived by Roger Lewis 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z I mean, let's be clear, I'm being a little facetious. Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!' 2012-12-13T23:59:02Z Was the GOP’s best-known bankroller, half of the two-faced Sun King at the tippety-top of the 1 percent, merely being “facetious,” as a Guardian story put it? Charles Koch goes full Tyrion Lannister: His threat to back Hillary hints at the brothers’ devious game of thrones 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “But I’ve never tried to jump on board a franchise, so I was being slightly facetious about that.” Jared Harris: My wife can't believe how I keep getting bumped off! 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Spurlock’s segment, “A Roshanda by Any Other Name,” is a facetious contemplation of baby names in the age of branding. | 'Freakonomics': A Best Seller as 4 Films Tied Together With Talk 2010-09-30T22:59:00Z Then Trump laughed at a reporter’s facetious suggestion that he consider donning a disguise. Trump Announces ‘All-Star’ Celebrity Apprentice Featuring Past Contestants 2012-10-12T19:09:21Z But the new Dark Shadows is less a channeling of the show than an exercise in facetious Gothic reverie. Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows: Death Warmed Over 2012-05-10T10:45:28Z This facetious query, though, raises a somewhat more serious question. These horror movie foods are supposed to be gross... but look delicious! 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z We're going to assume the writer was being facetious — trafficking in conspiracy theory is nothing new for the former Fox News and NBC host. People say Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson's love of conspiracy theories is desperate – and dangerous 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Heard’s barrister, Paula Morreau, said: “Obviously it’s foreshadowed and they wanted to attempt to … ” before White interjected to say she was “just being facetious”. Johnny Depp's dogs: Amber Heard 'looking forward' to fighting charges 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z We’ve been encouraged to read it only as an elegiac romance – which it is – but it’s also a very funny book with a great deal of facetious wit. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z Given that it’s simply bad form to tell a well-meaning stranger where to go, I have often resorted to being facetious. Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z In its preface, a facetious narrator tells of Nietzsche’s traumatized reaction to a carriage driver’s assault on a horse. Critic?s Notebook: New York Film Festival, With Bela Tarr and Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2011-10-04T22:23:21Z And it's not the facetious twittering that often passes for satire. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z Keep up the naps, books and bubble baths, by all means — you are an inspiration, and I am not being facetious — at your usual pace except for one day a week. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A midday nap is American ingenuity at its best 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z “You never looked better,” said one facetious friend. Frugal Traveler Blog: Mediterranean Dream Trip Higher-Lights 2011-08-16T19:11:26Z I am unsure if you are being facetious or serious when you say your husband hates being told what to do, “especially with parenting.” Perspective | How to provide structure when two parents disagree about boundaries 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z This might seem merely facetious, but it subverts our supposedly straightforward evaluative criteria, while affectionately poking fun at American values, reminding us that bigger is not always better. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z "She's in the middle of becoming a British citizen, and the work is so strong it would have been facetious not to include her," Freeman said. Granta list celebrates fresh crop of British novelists 2013-04-15T19:00:01Z The central problem with “Cut Bank” is a screenplay by Roberto Patino that never achieves comic liftoff despite an abundance of facetious humor. Review: ‘Cut Bank,’ Looking to Escape a Small Town and Its Eccentrics 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Interviewed in the documentary, Voight recalls making a facetious — but accurate — prediction to Schlesinger that they would live in the shadow of the movie. ‘Desperate Souls’ Review: When ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Moved the Culture 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z During the Roaring Twenties, “it began to appear far more often in tandem with glorifications of wealth,” she writes — and therefore took on an ironic, even facetious, dimension among critics of the new dispensation. How ‘America First’ and ‘American Dream’ Went From Hazy Sentiments to Loaded Clichés 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z To appoint acclaimed, fully established writers like Winterson and Tyler is hardly some facetious gimmick. Rewriting Shakespeare: intriguing exercise or publishing gimmick? 2013-06-27T14:53:51Z De Palma’s wit is more facetious and, one might say, lacerating. ‘Sisters’ Isn’t ‘Psycho,’ but It’s a Lacerating Spin on Hitchcock 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The Past Is Haunting Them A facetious nickname for the chilly psychological thriller “Brief Reunion” might be “The Rat and the Bat.” Movie Review: ‘Brief Reunion,’ Written and Directed by John Daschbach 2013-01-17T22:37:51Z There are moments when this approach — which combines fussy, facetious knowingness with naïve, omnivorous enthusiasm — pays off nicely. Movie Review: In ‘The Lone Ranger,’ Tonto Takes Center Stage 2013-07-02T17:30:46Z “I just kind of, you know: some funny thing, some funny thing, and it’s over. Then hang someone. It sounds like I’m being facetious, but it’s actually true.” You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z He also made obviously facetious claims, saying he had been the assassin of Osama bin Laden, and variously describing himself as single, in a relationship, married and divorced. Comedian, Chastened, Gets Back to Laughs 2011-06-26T22:00:39Z He’s the sort of kid who is never uncharacteristically facetious, for the guessable reason that he is facetious all the time. The Language of Love 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Stewart felt chagrined, and perhaps a tad culpable, that the facetious interview Bahari gave Jones contributed to his imprisonment. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z There's no way of asking without being facetious or plain rude: wasn't he a bit of an unlikely Scientologist? Paul Haggis: 'You have to question your beliefs' 2011-01-06T22:30:02Z He proposes strict control over human "breeding" on the facetious grounds that it's necessary for the betterment of humanity, which he mostly understands in extremely racist terms. The right is getting weirder about sex 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z He then offered a facetious answer to his own question. To bunt or not to bunt. That was the question put to Mariners manager Scott Servais 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z I say that the comment is half facetious because Donald Trump actually did have a vision while I was in the administration to go use the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay to house political prisoners. Trump's plans to become a dictator: It's time to get real about Project 2025 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s not entirely clear whether Barr was being serious, or if she was being facetious and purposely saying something absurd to prove some kind of point about “truth.” Roseanne Barr faces backlash for Holocaust comments: 'Sarcasm or not, it's reprehensible and irresponsible' 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “I don’t mean to be facetious or disrespectful or a burden to the court,” he told the judge at the time. WA high court reverses Black man’s conviction over racial bias in jury selection 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z When I heard of the famously facetious Mr. Lavrov’s humorous remark, I wondered whom our president has chosen to advise him. Harris, Mayorkas and Buttigieg: Biden’s three stooges typify least distinguished Cabinet in history 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “I’m grateful that there is still room in the world for something facetious to occur now and then.” Book thief in plot that duped famous authors avoids prison 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z I'm being facetious, but I have sometimes felt that this idea of being the way I am for so long — a person of faith — makes it difficult to imagine changing that. Not quite losing my religion: Being a liberal evangelical isn't always easy 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z I am not being facetious: Russia is now one of the biggest providers of military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine's victory "almost a done deal": Military expert on how Russia's invasion imploded 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He said later in the show that he was being facetious. What to watch: Top Democrats square off in Florida, New York 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “The comment is clear: Carl does not think Garland should be executed and when you listen to the interview, when asked what he meant, he stated he was being facetious,” Mr. Burra said. GOP candidate’s joke about Merrick Garland being executed looms over N.Y. primary 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “The comment is clear: Carl does not think Garland should be executed and when you listen to the interview, when asked what he meant, he stated he was being facetious,” Burra said Wednesday. GOP candidate says call for Garland’s death was ‘facetious’ 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z He resorted to Facebook, hoping for tips to help, "but all I got was facetious answers", he said. Jane McDonald CD on repeat drives Caister superfan to distraction 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z I am not being facetious in saying that Russia is now one of the biggest providers of military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine's victory "almost a done deal": Military expert on how Russia's invasion imploded 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Lest you think I’m being facetious, recall how California got started on its journey to having the toughest gun control laws in the country. Column: Is California ready for more Black people to legally carry guns in public? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z My executive summary paraphrase of the report, only slightly facetious, goes like this: USA Swimming is doing a fine job. When abuse scandals hit, colleges hire "independent" investigators — and the cover-up begins 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Kreidler acknowledged both incidents, but said that he had only asked about the water system in a joking way: “I was being facetious. It was a joke. Obviously, I failed.” WA insurance chief Mike Kreidler accused of using racist slurs; staff allege mistreatment 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z It seemed a facetious question, one intended to provoke the star witness: “Do you think you are good at lying?” The Key to a $4 Billion Fraud Case: A Banker Who Says He ‘Lied a Lot’ 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z An index should be objective, but some indexers can’t resist expressing subjective judgments, or even mocking a book’s contents with facetious or insulting entries. Review | Sure, Google is handy, but what about the mighty book index? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z They are suing Trump for damages from inciting the insurrection and a federal judge shot down Trump's effort to throw the lawsuit out with facetious claims that he enjoys "absolute immunity" from such lawsuits. Trumpers fold like cards — you just have to stand up to them 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z And then we talk in a lighthearted, facetious way, and mainstream press says, you have to be really kind to them. Wajahat Ali on the ‘American Nightmare’ and the ‘American Dream’ of being a Muslim son of immigrants 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “No one should be too facetious about what tool in the kit that everybody would have,” he said. Saudi Arabia pledges 2060 target of net-zero emissions 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z “I am not being facetious when I say that, but it’s interesting that they’ve stepped forward and done that as well.” Biden meets with business leaders on vaccine mandates 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Greene's Holocaust comments are a strategy directly out of the standard right-wing troll handbook, which is to project your own sins on your opponents, ideally in the most facetious way possible. Ignore GOP condemnations of Marjorie Taylor Greene — it's all a part of the troll 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Not to be too facetious, but you can also say the same about water. Editorial Roundup: Kansas 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z He is perceptive yet glib, facetious more than he is self-serious, and often clashes with Gwen, whose radical politics are inextricable from her class positioning and the privileges her lighter skin affords her. Review: A Black commune weighs the past, present and future in 'The Inheritance' 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z I’m being a little facetious here, but one of her superpowers as an artist was how prophetic she was. 'An unfinished masterpiece': Revisiting Selena's landmark crossover album, 'Dreaming of You,' at 25 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Indeed, in the official title of the group, the phrase "suburban housewives" is rendered in double-quotes, suggesting a facetious or tongue-in-cheek interpretation. How Trump's tweets inadvertently mobilized hundreds of thousands suburban women against him 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “I’m not being facetious, though, I mean he actually said these things.” A Combative Trump and a Deliberate Biden Spar From Afar at Town Halls 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “What country are we in? I’m being facetious,” he told reporters Wednesday evening. Trump again says he may not abide by election results 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “I’m being facetious. I said what country are we in? Look, he says the most irrational things.” Biden Gives Cautious Answers on Breonna Taylor and the Supreme Court 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “I’m being a bit facetious because it is dangerous what he is doing at his rallies. But look at it: His numbers have dropped through the floor.” Joe Biden rises with a less-is-more campaign 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr., in a seemingly facetious remark Tuesday, suggested any statues torn down during recent protests be replaced with a “more sturdy” statue of his father, President Trump. Trump Jr. trolls by suggesting torn-down statues should be replaced with a 'more sturdy statue' of his father 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z It wasn’t an entirely facetious suggestion: Moss is unsurprisingly superb in “The Invisible Man,” an above-average studio genre film that, in a more straightforward year, might be a long shot for awards consideration. 'First Cow' for best picture? A critic's guide to the Oscars if movie theaters don't reopen in 2020 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Say what you will about our monumentally mind-warping new reality but it certainty offers the opportunity to type sentences that might have appeared to be facetious attempts at satire a mere fortnight ago. Thinking Covid-19 can help Phil Foden's England prospects is not healthy 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Ruskin was the greatest art critic there has ever been and his readiness to use such violent imagery shouldn’t be dismissed as facetious or inappropriate. A $20,000 artwork accidentally destroyed by a critic? That's nothing! 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z In a court filing, Porciello was quoted as telling 911 dispatchers he had shot Cashwell in the chest and that he was “being facetious, acting like I was going to shoot her, and accidentally did.” Bend man who shot, killed woman sentenced to 9 years 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z In a court filing, Porciello was quoted as telling 911 dispatchers he had shot Cashwell in the chest and that he was “being facetious, acting like I was going to shoot her, and accidentally did.” Bend man who shot, killed woman sentenced to 9 years 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “And I’m not being facetious. I think she’s a fine person, a good candidate, but I didn’t get involved in deciding to run because of polling or a particular strategy.” 'Me v Trump’: Joe Biden bullish despite polling and fundraising problems 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Sajak then said that he recognized Davis’ facetious nature, after which the contestant admitted that it was all a ruse. 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant's crack about 'loveless marriage' catches Pat Sajak off guard 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z In June, California college student Matty Roberts posted a facetious Facebook invitation exhorting the public at large to run into Area 51 on foot to “see them aliens.” Alien enthusiasts gather in Nevada desert near secretive Area 51 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Nixon brushed off Eisenhower’s comment as “probably a facetious remark.” Sander Vanocur, TV journalist and panelist in Kennedy-Nixon debate, dies at 91 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Nixon replied that it was “probably a facetious remark.” Sander Vanocur, TV Newsman Who Covered Kennedy, Dies at 91 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Shah: I do hear still to this day that people think that it's just parading around your beauty and it's very facetious, and it's very surface level and that's someone's perception from the outside. Former Miss New Jersey recalls befriending Clint Eastwood, reveals why she’s taking on new film ‘Jungle Cry’ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Incidentally, Shelley goes on to refer to Silverman by the same insults Fannin used — and it’s not clear whether he’s being facetious. Sarah Silverman on pastor who called for her death: 'He is going to get me killed' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Without wishing to sound facetious, there are not very many such clerics in and around London to see them. Why we should send the tabots back to Ethiopia | Richard Brooks 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The adjectives, of course, are facetious; none of Mussina’s neighbors on the all-time ERA list have any chance of sniffing the Hall of Fame anytime soon. Perspective | It took years and a sabermetrics revolution to put Mike Mussina in the Hall of Fame 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z “Kerry Howley, a professor of creative writing at the University of Iowa, who wrote on Twitter that she never ‘felt more invested in a political debate,’ said her remark was meant to be facetious. Looney left says ‘patriarchy’ keeps office temperatures too low and iPhones too big 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The point, I mean, it was a little bit facetious, but first of all, as you say, China and Russia have a very similar strategy. CNN's Jim Sciutto on who will win the "Shadow War" — Russia, China or the U.S.? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z He was being facetious: he did not actually think the embassy would be hit. The night the US bombed a Chinese embassy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Kjellberg later made several other jokes about “Subscribe to PewDiePie,” in a mostly facetious way, but many other creators backed away from it altogether in wake of the tragedy. PewDiePie calls for an end to the ‘Subscribe to PewDiePie’ meme after New Zealand shooting 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Facebook’s regulations say it allows content “threatening or calling for violence in facetious and non-serious ways” and removes posts only when there is “a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety”. Facebook allowed violent posts by man charged with Ilhan Omar death threat 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “I’m not trying to be facetious,” he insists. Actor Max Minghella follows in his father’s footsteps with directorial debut ‘Teen Spirit’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Paul’s video is entirely facetious, but the underlying parallels between his journey into flat earth conspiracy theories and the way conspiracies spread on YouTube isn’t. Logan Paul’s satirical flat Earth doc gets to the heart of YouTube’s recommendation issue 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Bevin added that he was “being only slightly facetious.” Al Roker slams 'nitwit' Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin over cold weather comments 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Bevin added that he’s “being only slightly facetious.” Kentucky gov gets heat for criticizing cold-weather closures 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Behind the facetious nature of the email I saw what I so often see when people hear the word "vegan" - hostility, defensiveness, even anger. Viewpoint: Are vegans really 'extreme'? 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z He later clarified that he was merely being facetious in his suggestion about the use of nuclear weapons. California Dem suggests US would win 'short war' against gun-rights advocates: 'The government has nukes' 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Graham, of course, was being facetious — we think — and yet Cruz's off-putting approach works to the detriment of his constituents. Houston Chronicle lambasts Cruz: “His repellent personality hamstrings his ability to do the jo... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z I thought I was being facetious, but I wasn’t. Truly, madly, tweetly: Tanya Gold’s other life online 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z A Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone representative said that the real outcry was minimal and that most pushback could be dismissed as “the more-or-less facetious output of columnists who were at a loss for subject material.” Perspective | The Zip code may seem benign now, but some Americans smelled a rat 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Dillon offered a practical, edgy and ostensibly facetious solution to the Big Three problem. NASCAR notebook: Newfound speed has Larson optimistic for Playoffs 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Kerry Howley, a professor of creative writing at the University of Iowa, who wrote on Twitter that she never “felt more invested in a political debate,” said her remark was meant to be facetious. Can an Office Temperature Be ‘Sexist’? Women, and Science, Say So 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “I have given tours to two groups from Japan, and I am not being facetious, it is almost a religious experience for them,” he tells me in his light Kentucky drawl. ‘Chicken is where it's at’: the unstoppable rise of KFC 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z And even though the list above is mostly facetious, it’s actually not hard to envision the whole thing going sideways for the Americans. The Ryder Cup Radicals Email Exchange: Is the U.S. team overrated? (Plus, Bjorn’s Sergio conundrum) - Golf Digest 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z After seeing some blowback on Twitter, Kay responded by saying he was being facetious. Clint Frazier, Michael Kay and the Danger of Criticizing Injured Players 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z There was a time when Williams was a somewhat facetious interview. Perspective | Serena Williams has her greatest, most hard-won title: Champion of women 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z “He honest to God looked at me, and he wasn’t being facetious, and said, ‘What are you talking about?’” recalled Fiona. John Prine: 'Things were going so good, I was afraid to screw it up with a new record' 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z It wasn’t being facetious: Il Duce barged into the news agenda every week last year. The fascist movement that has brought Mussolini back to the mainstream 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Only Dickens could have begun a novel with something so ominous yet facetious as the first sentence of A Christmas Carol: “Marley was dead: to begin with.” Did Dickens invent Christmas? No, but he did reinvent the novel 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, while he was being facetious, that view is a key reason why some folks don’t want to deal with the issue. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Jeffrey Lord, the conservative pundit whom CNN fired earlier this month after a facetious tweet using the words of a Nazi salute, is in talks to join Breitbart, the Daily Beast is reporting. Jeffrey Lord, fired conservative CNN pundit, in talks to join Breitbart: Report 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The questions were facetious, but Burnett didn’t smile. Deontay Burnett can't talk like Keyshawn Johnson, but USC need him to play like that 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z ‘I’m not being facetious. I hope there are and I’ll consent to their release.’ How rightwing media saw Comey's testimony as a win for Trump 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z It adds: “People commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in generally facetious and unserious ways.” Revealed: Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z However facetious a remark that is, it is also ludicrous. Ilie Nastase must be evicted from tennis for his behaviour at Fed Cup | Kevin Mitchell 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z You might think me facetious to liken wrestling with anti-terrorism activities, but wait. Recent Missouri Editorials 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Considering the 74 million people in America who are under the age of 18 is not a facetious consideration. Who are the three-quarters of adult Americans who didn't vote for Trump? 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The claim that Time gave Trump horns has spread so fast online that the magazine has actually felt the need to deny what surely started as facetious speculation. Time magazine didn't give Trump devil horns. God did | Jonathan Jones 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Boot, a foreign-policy hawk, responded on Twitter in the same facetious spirit: “@jamestaranto claims there is something called the ‘Boot Bloc.’ How Did She Lose? 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Its invocations of the origins of jazz as the kind of grandfather of rap are at once facetious – as performed by Daveed Diggs, Jefferson even uses “jazz hands” – and serious. Why Hamilton is making musical history 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z I’m being facetious, but the point is, no wonder women are confused. Mammograms may not need that painful 'squish'. Should I be relieved or appalled? | Mona Gable 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z "I'm very sorry that, on reflection and rereading what I said, that I intimidated her, using facetious words." Judge in Rape Case: 'Why Couldn't You Just Keep Your Knees Together?' 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z I probably I sound like I’m being facetious, but I'm generally curious about who would be interested in a vehicle like this. Would you buy this tiny electric car? 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “We’re glowing in our own greatness. Totally facetious. A woman walks by with a camera and Brian asks her, ‘Do you want a photo?’ Who is Sounders interim coach Brian Schmetzer? ‘He’s a good pro, a hard worker. He’s endured.’ 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Was Kuchar being facetious, or was he seriously in the dark on the Olympic format? Matt Kuchar, one of the Americans going to Rio, just found out from media that Olympic golf is not a team event. Seriously - Golf Digest 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Those who did make it onto trains could while away the journey playing “Southern Rail Tycoon”, a facetious online game that rewards players for each service they cancel. Going south 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z "I don't want to be judgmental" and "I say this with love" and "I don't want to be facetious" are things he says a lot. Streaming picks: 'Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,' 'Capital' 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a ridiculous and facetious comment by a man who is apt to make ridiculous and facetious comments,” Smith told LBC. Iain Duncan Smith backs Boris Johnson over EU-Hitler link 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Back in the 1920s, the writer Karel Capek said Cesko was “not musical”; for foreigners “it even sounds a little facetious.” Metamorphosis 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z I sure hope that the statement was facetious. Letters: Kobe Bryant goes out with a bang 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Clinton was very likely being facetious, but he didn't pause to suggest levity and there little reaction from inside the crowd. Bill Clinton Swipes at Bernie Sanders Supporters 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Are you being facetious when you say Obama is such a liberal? What’s the matter with Dem? Thomas Frank talks Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and everything in between 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z The script here is riddled with showy rhetorical flourishes and tedious running gags, one being how often Tarantino can work in the N-word, as both a facetious and "serious" example of casual, venal racism. 'Hateful Eight' amounts to hot air 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z “I was being facetious,” he said after starting slowly but making a few trademark shots in the second half. Kobe Bryant Hopes to Finish With a Flourish That Isn’t Orchestrated 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z And I'm not being facetious — I would love it. Project Greenlight is over, but the world is still full of Jason Manns 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z I'm not being facetious, I really think I worried about that stuff a lot in the beginning. 'Digging for Fire's' Rosemarie DeWitt: 'I wasn't a good ingenue' 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z He was being facetious, but at least it's a theory. MLB is experiencing another power surge 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z It's a shame — on and off the air they are a dynamic duo, though Ince prefers the terms "the glamorous and the wise" and "the facetious gnome." Infinite universes and dead strawberries: an interview with Brian Cox and Robin Ince 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “Baby boomers who lecture the unemployed youth that they are so lucky, ‘you are going to pay for our retirement,’ ” said another facetious Twitter message. ‘Toute La Vie,’ Song for French Charity, Strikes Discordant Note 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Granted, many of the Lent-related Twitter posts are likely facetious, so the list is to be taken with a grain of salt. Here's What People On Twitter Say They're Giving Up For Lent 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Last week, though, Gamergate condemned Gawker Media specifically because of facetious tweets from current writer and former Valleywag editor Sam Biddle, who called to "bring back bullying" in response to the movement. After controversial tweet, Adobe says it's 'never been aligned with Gamergate' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The remark was facetious, but it got to the question that weighs heavy on many Syrian Kurds today. Why did the US help the Kurds in Iraq but leave Isis to massacre them in Syria? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Reilly says a cop intentionally banged his head against the glass on the way out of the restaurant, then gave him a facetious “apology.” Ferguson police arrest reporters for reporting 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Instead, his comments posted on Twitter over the death of U.S. actor Robin Williams went viral, prompting a blizzard of facetious questions about his film tastes. From jihad to pop culture, Islamists present new face on Web 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Right, but some people — and I’m being a bit facetious — do think Carlin’s career could be summed up in seven dirty words. Jim Gaffigan On Obsessed and Making Laughter Out of Doughnuts 2014-04-28T16:02:35Z To be fair, Cassidy said his amendment was “somewhat facetious,” and pretty much everyone in the statehouse expects the amendment to be stricken from a final bill. Why Kids in Kansas May Learn How to Shake Hands but not How to Save and Invest 2014-03-22T14:38:02Z An old friend, spotting him at a social gathering, bows deeply — a not entirely facetious acknowledgment of Mr. Lander’s new status as a kingmaker in City Hall. Unassuming Liberal Suddenly Becomes Council Kingmaker 2014-01-24T02:01:22Z "But that would be just a facetious comment." Federal judge criticized by Supreme Court Justice fires back 2013-12-06T22:45:15Z It made her laugh that he did not sound the least bit facetious. A Lost Boy Grows Up 2013-12-04T10:00:12Z And yes, I suppose it’s a somewhat facetious suggestion. Time to stop fighting GMO labeling? 2013-09-02T16:15:00.573Z She knows more — and I don’t mean that in a facetious way. Feinstein’s Support for N.S.A. Defies Liberal Critics and Repute 2013-07-01T23:44:13Z I'm being just a bit facetious here, because Google is not perfect. 10 Reasons to Love the Chromebook Pixel 2013-04-17T13:30:00Z This is not a facetious question, and it’s one worth a fresh look as the network embarks under a new era under Jeff Zucker. Make CNN The Google Of News: Radical Unsolicited Advice For Jeff Zucker 2012-11-29T20:28:51Z Please be clear that I was being facetious with those enquiries about the whereabouts of Mensch. Louise Mensch, please, if you're going, go. And stay there 2012-11-18T00:03:03Z “It’s not finite yet, and I’m not trying to be facetious, but I think there will be a little more flexibility,” Alderson said. Yankees’ Rafael Soriano, Nick Swisher and Hiroki Kuroda Turn Down Qualifying Offers 2012-11-10T02:59:01Z Without being facetious, no "male athlete" did more this year than the incomparable Frankel. Bolt up for athlete of year award 2012-11-05T12:21:32Z Sounds facetious, but we were surprised to learn that Mr. Eastwood’s now infamous “empty chair” video was still trending on Twitter this morning while Mssrs. Who Are the Top Online Political Influencers (And Does Clint Really Matter?) 2012-08-31T20:10:55Z Disclaimer: For the sarcasm challenged, very little in the above, except for the factual data and my admonition to otherwise ignore my facetious argument was meant to be taken seriously. Should Mark Zuckerberg Slowly Phase Advertising Out Of Facebook's Ecosystem? 2012-08-31T16:39:01Z This is a caricature of your argument and a bit facetious, but the point is just about taking more care with logical reasoning. Demography and inequality: Baby monitor 2012-08-10T08:51:10Z It seemed a facetious argument at the time, and it looks even sillier now. Oscar Pistorius suffers heartache in South Africa's 4x400m relay drama 2012-08-09T12:06:49Z “If that’s the criteria for building facilities in this park, that it has to be very well known and popular, then that seems like a facetious argument,” he said. Proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park Velodrome Meets Skepticism 2012-07-31T02:28:05Z The tweet was "obviously facetious" and "a parody", he added. Twitter joke trial became confrontation with judicial establishment 2012-07-27T09:23:23Z Chambers has argued through his barristers that the tweet was facetious and a parody and that the conviction was "a steamroller to crack a nut". Twitter joke case returns to high court for fresh appeal by Paul Chambers 2012-06-27T05:00:01Z When I spoke earlier about the world being broke, I was somewhat being facetious, because every generation has their challenge. Funniest commencement speeches 2012-05-04T10:00:00Z He found the facetious manner of Mr. Collins utterly insufferable. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Miss Price, the manageress, appeared, and Percy began his stupid and facetious love-making. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The Chinese are a humorous and jolly race of people and absolutely misrepresented, excepting in their mere physical appearance, in the popular pictures that appear of them on the tea-chests and in facetious literature. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Now, under a facetious range of titles — White House Correspondent; Senior Muslim Correspondent; South Asian Correspondent — Mr. Mandvi has the freedom to sound off on a variety of topics close to his heart. India Ink: Aasif Mandvi on Food, Islam and Women 2012-04-20T12:14:32Z She was not being facetious, for in her impetuousness she had tried, and broken the umbrella. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z That last sentence is facetious, for they grow at least two onions in Bermuda to one potato. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The tavern-keeper began calling attention to his refreshments in a facetious way that drew an amused crowd around him. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Instead of the brooding so common before, there is a tendency to talkativeness; the eye is bright; the expression lively; in the midst of his loquacity the patient becomes facetious and jocular. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z He was usually serious, but often facetious and pleasant. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Photography is sufficiently facetious in itself, and too versatile in its powers of delineation of scenes and character, to require any verbose effort of mine to make it attractive. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z As I entered, my old friends, the prisoners, crowded around me, and Captain Bruce addressed me in his facetious manner. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Little wonder if the starved wretches had had enough of the facetious horseplay of the soldiers. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The executioner then held up the head to view for a moment, and I suspect, from some laughter among the troops, made a facetious remark. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The newspapers were full of the curious recovery of the Boccaccio, were quite facetious about it and went so far as to call the great building on Fifth Avenue a Literary Mausoleum. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Mr. Rejlander had a large collection of his art photographs on view, all of which were clever, some facetious, and many very beautiful conceptions. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z “I pity you,” said Malone, laying aside his facetious style; “you shall have something to eat as soon as it can be cooked.” The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z He became facetious, affected to dig Mrs. Higginbotham in the ribs, and jocularly cried, "Oh! you saucy little skipper!" Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z He remembered Charles II., and once travelled to London, with the facetious Killegrew. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Someone remarked that he was in reality an Irishman who had escaped into Italy; and this facetious characterization was really not inapt. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z "A lady's parlour!" laughed Leslie, indulgent in his amusement at the facetious keeper. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The song of Winifreda is assigned to "Mr. G. A. Stevens;" so that, after all, the Edinburgh reviewer may have confounded George Steevens, the "commentator," with his earlier and equally facetious namesake, George Alexander. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-05T03:00:41.160Z "I have come to the conclusion," he suggests in a facetious letter, two years before, "never again to think of marrying." Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z I did intend to be facetious, but, for the soul of me, I cannot. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Isaac Disraeli calls him “the great patriarch and primeval dealer in English literature, the most facetious, profligate, and indefatigable of the Scribleri family.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The youngest of young girls, I find, are being trained to the calling, who are all destined, I suppose, to marry distinguished foreigners from some distant and facetious country. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z "Or a typewriter, with the loud pedal down and all the stops out?" pursued the facetious Philip. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z They crowded about Fatty, some clamoring for introductions, some making facetious comment on the manner of his entrance, still others rendering him tribute in dubious song. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The attempts to catch the dove, made by these facetious personages, amused the audience above measure. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z There was, with all their beauty and terror, an element of the facetious in these unexpected holidays, of the matter-of-factness, the freedom from strain or sentiment that was the English oddity and the English strength. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The sorting of the letters was accompanied by such facetious subtleties as “Do we behold a billet doux?” or the murmured misquotation: “He sent a letter to his love.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z "We may presume that the lady is referring to the tiller," said Mr. Mooney, with a facetious eye at the Bench. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z There was, of course, no time for conversation, but Mr. Clay made many facetious remarks to his admirers as they passed one after another during the hand-shaking. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z He was uneasy, too, at the unexplained appearance of Truffaldino at court, a very facetious fellow; and if Tartaglia laughed, his cure was certain. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z As a facetious old savage remarked to me, when discussing that curious immunity from helplessness in his tribe, "The climate doesn't agree with them." The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z The poor girl, so reserved and silent by temperament, began to let her tongue have free course, directing very facetious sallies at all present, who received them with rejoicing and applause. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z "To those who have a relish for a few tit-bits of rale Irish story-telling,—whether partaking of the tender or the facetious, or the grotesque,—let them purchase these characteristic sketches." A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z But most of the others were inclined to be facetious. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z “Perhaps that was why she sent Starr that facetious note.” The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z A lampoon directed against the Queen's favorite, upon whose red hair Swift had been facetious, prevented the satirist's advancement in England. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z They were facetious about his dress, as though a greater than a Fox or a Chatham must be a Beau Brummel. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z Matthew gardener said, in his superior and facetious fashion, "Passion o' me, man, thy tongue will wag fast enough at Mother Tooley's ale-house." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z They looked at me in surprise and evidently thought that I meant to be facetious. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Virginia Darrow was the kind of woman you would expect to be facetious at her own funeral. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Luther used figures of speech, the facetious as well as the serious, and he was full of good, often merry ideas. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z You seem to me, sir, to be endeavouring to be—ah—facetious. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z The State, he said, was heavily taxed, and, he added, with a feeble attempt to be facetious, that he must lay a small tax upon their patience, by getting them to wait for their money. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z But she pretended not to like it because this made him stop, and above all checked discussion, which with Jackson was habitually so facetious and consequently so tiresome. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z When I asked whether this exhibit would include tributes to Sonny and Sam and other great players from the Burgundy and Gold Nation, I was asked if I was being facetious. Washington nickname not hailed by all 2011-10-01T21:58:10Z "When do you start?" inquired that facetious man. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Twice within the next fifteen minutes he was stopped and questioned, only to be dismissed with a disgusted grunt or a facetious remark. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Miss Allen acknowledged the facetious intention of this with a suitable laugh and looked at Neale. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The late Bishop used to make a rather facetious remark about this tomb. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z A facetious Teuton a year or two ago published a book purporting to contain biographies of great musicians. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z With his accustomed facetious flattery, he asked: "What do I get for lying at the feet of a child?" Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Although these facetious remarks showed that the Provost was in high good humor, the most daring fled from him as if he were the Black Death. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z If he won he became jaunty and facetious and tried to make others lose their tempers by jeers at their poor play. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The facetious individual had chucked her under the chin, and told her to ‘buck up,’ and he would look round and see if there wasn’t something else he could find her to ‘daub.’ The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z "I guess Porter ain't coming," he said in a tone of regret that was intended to be facetious, "and he must have forgotten to send proxies." The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z It is recorded of Thomas Whittier, says his descendant, the poet, in a half facetious way, that the only noteworthy circumstance connected with his coming was that he brought with him a hive of bees. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Sir Gage Rivers?—As obsequious a lover as the man in the 'Way of the World,' but she had heard he was very boastful and facetious at women over his chocolate at Ozinda's. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z I am sorry if my allusion to the riots earlier seemed facetious. The Shard is a symbol of a country gone wrong 2011-08-19T15:14:02Z But diabolical as were the gestures and yells of the drink-crazed Indians, men and women, at Carlisle, Franklin contrived to bring away a facetious story from the conference for the Autobiography. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z He was of a cheerful, facetious disposition; could narrate well entertaining stories to please his friends; was engaging in his manners, and possessed good conversational powers. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z It is a facetious saying in Philadelphia that beggars are shipped to that city from all parts of the country that they may share the never-failing bounty of the Quakers. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Captain Gyllenborst, who was slightly intoxicated, replied in a lengthy, facetious speech which, delivered at a different house, before people in a different mood, would have been called scandalous. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z They are neither facetious nor fond of mirth. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Then, as now, there could be no better means for determining how matter-of-fact a person was than to test his sense of humor with one of Franklin's facetious cheats. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z If you bought a penn'orth of greens from Kiddo, said facetious Jagos, he didn't condescend to take the money himself; he gave you a slip of paper, and you paid at the bank. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z If some backbencher asks a facetious question, like 'what's the point of Nick Clegg?'. Answering the unanswerable 2011-07-18T11:50:47Z “I shall wear mourning for awhile,” answered Judy solemnly, ignoring Molly’s facetious question. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z They are likewise prone to pity; and they are also fond of mirth, on which account they are also of a facetious turn.” Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The Sketches of Young Couples, which followed as late as 1840, have the advantage of a facetious introduction, suggested by her Majesty’s own announcement of her approaching marriage. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Bindabun was tempted to make the rather facetious reply that he had, indeed, a lack of rupees at the present moment. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z He refused to unbend and to enter into their facetious mood, and his morose air became the topic of their persiflage. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Frances Andrews had returned to college, more brazenly facetious than ever, breaking into conversations, loudly interrupting, making jokes which no one laughed at except Molly and Judy out of charity. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z The editor sat at his desk that day smiling in quiet triumph as he read the facetious reports wired by his faithful lieutenants from every district of the Klan. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Pitiful, yet gay, for he could not give up being facetious. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z He called himself Jim Crow; this name had been given him by some facetious countryman of ours. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z In England we would style him a facetious lecturer, but the lecturing business in America is carried out with all the arts, formulæ and appurtenances of showmanship. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Denbigh repeated the message, making the additions his companion had proposed; but there was no reply—not even a facetious one. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z This last remark was intended to be facetious, but those solemn old birds took it seriously and forthwith broke into loud hosannas. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Unlike the modern Punch, who is refined and courteous even when he is most severe, Mercurius Democritus could seldom be facetious without being coarse and even indecent. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z These facetious reports continued to arrive at monthly intervals for a period of nearly a year. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Quaintness, however, is an essential requisite in the placard of the facetious lecturer. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z At last she observed her little spaniel dog was making efforts to get towards the balcony which separated him from the facetious farmer. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z To close the story of one who was all his days so facetious, we find that this Momus of philosophers died in the Fleet. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A few pages further on we come upon two facetious advertisements, one of them professing to have been called forth by the report of the above case at the Mansion House:— The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z "Your watch is wrong," he declared, with a grin intended to be facetious, but which scarcely disguised the feelings lying behind it. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Why, of course my remarks about * * * were facetious—playful. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z When you next write to Lady Pollington, pray remember me very kindly to her; her merry face and facetious ways are still before me. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Grave men censured him for the absence of all gravity; and some imagined that the singularity of his facetious disposition, which sometimes seemed even ludicrous, was carried on to affectation. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The two travellers were named January and Victor, and were returning this very day from their facetious flying tour. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z It would be hard to find a livelier and more good-natured face than his facetious but always well-bred countenance. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The town continued to be calm, gay, facetious. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Obviously one cannot be so freely facetious with a woman as with a man, and if he has been properly brought up does not even wish to be so. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z His facetious genius could not conceal the real learning and the practical knowledge which he derived from personal observation. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The whole contrivance of the last adventure was the work of the duke's steward; a man of a humorous and facetious turn of mind. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Ha! ha! ha! very pretty! facetious pretty gentleman! The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z It was the facetious Englishman who was answerable for this. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z I cannot say whether my sensations upon reading this delightful communication were more of amazement or of amusement, but after due deliberation I decided to answer the letter in a facetious spirit. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z The mystery and the morality lingered among us; but in the improved taste and literature of the court of Henry the Eighth, the facetious INTERLUDE, while it was facetious, won the royal smile. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z “We may presume that the lady is referring to the tiller,” said Mr. Mooney, with a facetious eye at the Bench. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Captain, these gentlemen are the best natured, facetious, witty creatures, that ever you knew. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z “Do you include the empires?” asked the facetious Englishman, glancing significantly toward the Grand Duke. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Mr. Bolton was in no state, physically or mentally, for facetious conversation. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z More, however, would assume a solemn countenance when on the point of throwing out some facetious stroke. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z “Plaze, your holiness, I did not think myself worthy of killin’ this facetious baste, so I brought him to yourself for to do him the honour of decripitation by your own royal five fingers. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The letter was viciously facetious, callous and unscrupulous. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Sylvester was a facetious mathematician who undertook to teach the art of poetry in so many lessons. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The "Bad Women" was the carol which was pinned above the mantelpiece, just under the pendulum of the clock with the facetious face. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z He withdrew the mind from disturbing thoughts by some sudden exclamation, or broke out into some facetious sally, which gave a new turn to the conversation. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z At the appointed time Mrs. Belmont appeared at the door of her friend, and was ushered into the parlor by the facetious Harry, who bowed as unconcernedly as the lady herself could desire. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z He received a good education and liberty from his master, in reward for his witticisms and facetious disposition. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Now what there is either facetious or satirical in this, we confess we cannot conceive. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z A facetious bit of prose On Sonnet Writing and a Sonnet on Myself in Blackwood’s of April, 1819, parodied excellently the Cockney conceit and mannerisms. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z I heard the same story myself; though little suspecting that the facetious footpad was my old henchman Gregory Garth. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Wishing at the same time that he was facetious, to be considered a wit, he would relate several stories illustrative of his power over the Judge. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Even at this day as then, where the proverbial indemnity for the wrong-doing of kings is extended to princes and princelets, their social backslidings gaining them credit, rather than blame, under the facetious title, geniality. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z With the grand reality before them but few persons attempted anything serious, by far the greater number adopting the facetious vein. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Of his portrait by Harlowe she said “that it resembled a great schoolboy, who had had a plain bun given him, instead of a plum one,” a facetious speech indiscreetly repeated by Hunt to Byron. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z “You are pleased to be facetious,” said Scarthe, whose triumphant position facilitated the restraining of his temper. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z But Mr. Angeli’s Canard Enchaîné — a mix of investigative pieces, facetious opinion pieces, fictitious columns by politicians and no advertising — is seen as lacking a political bent. The Saturday Profile: A Print Devotee Keeps Scooping the Competition in France 2011-03-25T23:55:07Z But his deputy, following hard at his heels, had a grin of facetious triumph upon his thin lips. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He was then well treated by his captors, walking to the town between a British officer and a French gentleman, who, though he had lost an eyebrow in the action, "was very merry and facetious." Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Count Dey was a red-haired gnome, who was continually mistaken for his own tutor which, as the facetious Pistasch maintained with conviction to this day, was very annoying to the tutor. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z As he made this facetious remark, they emerged into the open air; and, whispering mutual congratulations, went skulking onward, like a brace of felons making their escape from the confinement of a prison. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He is represented to us as a good man, attached to his country and his art, jovial and sometimes facetious, but an enemy of scandal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z One of the performers, who has been throughout pre-eminently the funny man of the piece, is singing a solo, accompanied by many facetious gestures. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z “The hardest in England,” answered that facetious worthy, adding to himself, “I may say that, for I never goes off the ’ard road if I can help it.” Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z “Not soap enough,” said Harry, hiding his annoyance with an attempt at being facetious. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z It was nearly half-past nine before Anna and Henry stood on the pavement outside, and Beatrice, after facetious farewells, had shut the door. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z On the other hand, Inspector Herbert was confident enough to be facetious at the expense of the enemies of officialdom. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z On early starts We started in the usual frame of mind—that is to say, everybody was exceedingly facetious for about three minutes. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z I kept hoping for a moment somewhere in the book when he’d expose its title as ironic, facetious or self-deprecating — something, anything, that would save it from itself. Mosh Pit Diplomacy 2011-02-26T17:00:59Z When facetious, their jokes were apt to be as broad as the prairies themselves. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I'm struggling to be facetious and cynical about this. Pass notes 2,926: Gold 2011-02-13T20:30:01Z Milly gave her a shilling with a facetious grimace, and she rejoined Esther. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z His greeting was facetious, and he said every sentence as if it were an elocution lesson. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Granted, that's a facetious take on what might eventually be viewed as a throwaway blip, a speed bump on the way to success. Loss exposes Bulls weaknesses 2011-02-06T23:36:00Z He wore a long linen duster and was evidently of the sort that seasons its most serious transactions with a dry and facetious humor. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Griffin recently published his second book, a facetious survival guide for the apocalypse, while Franklin is a former math teacher. Silva stops Belfort, defends title at UFC 126 2011-02-06T05:44:00Z A facetious friend used to say prices were so high that nobody could see them, and that they "got mixed for want of supervision." Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z A few rooks, hovering in the air and wisely bent on some facetious mischief, send down through the silver haze of the summer morning their sagacious yet melancholy caw. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z But the balderdash and babble Of our too facetious hero, Tho' attractive to the rabble, Send our spirits down to zero. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z The standard of wit was the saying of insulting things with a laugh that showed that the remark held in itself something of facetious sarcasm. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z "We are off to France, in search of one Richmond Wildair, plenipotentiary and ambassador extraordinary to the court of that distant and facetious region." The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z "Practice, practice, practice, and I'm not being facetious," said Dr. Paul Schulz, a UTHealth neurologist who works at the hospital. Rehab likely to be hardest task Rep. Giffords will ever do 2011-01-23T00:04:23Z And, yes, that is meant to be facetious. Bulls mailbag: Thomas' minutes, Rose vs. Rondo 2011-01-14T00:35:00Z This led the facetious Chevalier Ringle, after examining a specimen of her handiwork, to declare, "Verily, it is so perfect that it lacks only the odor of the natural object." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z He was a tall, cadaverous, facetious individual, slightly stooped, with thin impassive face, deep eyes, and a beard that seemed always just two days old. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z And the choir-boy, a facetious man with a big sign of the cross, said grace. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z It is a popular route of travel, being much frequented by the facetious penguin and the flowing seal. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z In one paper, you will see the list of births, marriages, and deaths, headed respectively: The Cradle, the Altar, and the Tomb; in another, more facetious: Hatches, Matches, and Dispatches. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z At the particular time referred to, the clerk, having nearly had all the offrwm, saw that facetious wag and practical joker, Mr. B., extending his offering towards him from the opposite side of the grave. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Then came another facetious nudge of the elbow, almost forcible enough to produce the effect so graphically described. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z He’s being facetious, as he often is in this short, eager-to-please research memoir. Books of The Times: Downsizing: When a Heavenly Body Got the Boot 2010-12-05T20:56:00Z Somebody wrote that it might be good for Jeter’s socialization to make new chums on another team, but I was being facetious, mostly. Sports of The Times: Jeter?s Deal Is Done. Now for the Hard Part. 2010-12-05T06:01:00Z Charles was facetious, and was not to be put out of countenance for such a trifle. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Officials at the airport got wind of the facetious bomb threat — and Chambers was eventually convicted of being a "menace." When a Twitter Post Can Land You in Court 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z Outside the courtroom after his dismissal, the man said he tweeted to be "facetious, just like I always do." Jury set for Levy murder trial; one man gets heat over tweet 2010-10-23T02:29:00Z “I made sure to throw in ‘sirs’ and was very deferential, but maybe he thought I was being facetious. At Yale, Anger Over Tactics Used in Raid of Off-Campus Party 2010-10-07T02:24:00Z This concerns not just those making facetious remarks. Terror tweet case threatens free speech 2010-10-04T15:34:00Z "I'm not sure I'm even being a little facetious." SMU finds new life under pass-happy June Jones 2010-08-29T16:21:00Z THE polar bear idea, for example, was not totally facetious. The Saturday Profile: Icelander?s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He Winds Up as Mayor 2010-06-26T01:10:00Z I'm not just being facetious: more and more people appear to be thinking the same thing. Back to reality: giving up the internet 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z This is facetious, admittedly, but fun - so here are some snapshots of Sheffield. Lumpy views 2010-03-26T12:26:00Z This is the issue raised by the case of Paul Chambers, whose facetious tweet led to a criminal prosecution. Terror tweet case threatens free speech 2010-10-04T15:34:00Z That's not quite as facetious as it sounds – all three games were away from home. Mick McCarthy is winning respect back after his Old Trafford no-show | Paul Wilson 2010-03-24T15:38:00Z Let me close with a facetious story that sums up the joys and vexations of multicultural life. 2010-01-06T08:22:00Z He then proceeds to give five causes from which the custom may have sprung, and classifies them as religious, medical, facetious, poetical, and augural. Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Then he laughed back at Mottin, and shouted something about bathing, which was presumably facetious, but which was lost in the recesses of the headpieces. H.M.S. —— There was something in it of brotherly camaraderie, half respectful, half facetious; and the pressure of his hand, and the expression in his eyes, betokened sincere and warm friendship. The Undying Past "Tuts, Mr Gibson, will I never hear the end o' that?" replied the hostess of the Grilse and Gridiron, good-naturedly, and hurrying out of the apartment, to escape the further banter of the facetious churchman. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 David looked up, too, for a second, and then set after her as fast as he could birr; leavin the facetious, but worthy minister in convulsions o' laughter. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 In this manner the two friends proceeded, to the infinite enlightenment of those about them, who, being greatly struck with their easy and facetious manners, stood admiringly by with looks of evident delight! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 "Isn't this rather—rather sudden?" inquired Henry Bliss, mustering a facetious irony to his rescue. The Belovéd Traitor He was inclined to be facetious, and wanted to know if I had come across any more k. v's. The Window at the White Cat Mr Craigie himself brought it into the schoolroom and delivered it with much facetious mystery. The Spy in Black Miss Julia at last obliged me with her most facetious and most confidential smile. Witching Hill Where was his facetious concept of Virginia now? The Valiants of Virginia The little man in grey laughed shrilly at this facetious sally on the part of his chief, and then was overcome with confusion at his own timerity. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers He thought for a minute, but his next remark was wholly facetious. The Window at the White Cat In vain a clown tried to be facetious, shouted himself hoarse, and blew a trumpet until his face grew dark. Glories of Spain It was all redundant description, gratuitous explanations, facetious turns to serious sentences, and declared intentions which entirely spoilt the effect of their due fulfilment. Witching Hill "You are facetious, sir; I will tell you that a notary is, in temporal matters, what a confessor is in spiritual affairs; by virtue of his position, he often becomes possessed of disgraceful secrets." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 "Never mind refreshment," said Engelbert, trying to assume a facetious tone. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers In short there is no market-place, either in village or town, where some of these fellows are not to be found, who either perform divers facetious juggling tricks, or sell various drugs. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. "I brought it home for the children to read," said Beezer, who, being uncomfortable, sought refuge in the facetious. The Night Operator A facetious examiner once got his due from a young Parisian candidate. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced A facetious young man, passing the artist, made a show of being doubled up with helpless laughter—a mirth presumably anticipatory in nature and complimentary of intent. The Furnace It was always easy to identify the facetious from the serious Mr. Bolton; his jokes were always heralded by a laugh. Patricia Brent, Spinster They had put out some facetious signs: "Fried Chicken Wanted" and "Votes for Women." Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway A facetious relative had dubbed her "the sleeping partner." Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Three facetious bagmen exercise their wit by puzzling the waiter with low French slang. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced Anything the old clergyman said in a facetious vein was sure to raise a laugh. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation One facetious young man in the "commercial line" had dubbed her "the body-snatcher," and, being inordinately proud of his jeu d'esprit, he had worn it threadbare, and Miss Wangle had got to know of it. Patricia Brent, Spinster "How, sir, not your lion; whose lion then?—you are facetious." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The author complained that he could not get his clothes washed nicely that week, and was very facetious over his worries. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. I made some remark, meant to be facetious, about not giving lions gas, but the old man took me up sharply. Careers of Danger and Daring But his agitation had the finishing touch given it by Mrs Greenwood's facetious observation as to the ladies taking him IN among them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 But Phil and Tony were blissfully ignorant of these facetious remarks, and in a few minutes had reached the room in which they were to sleep, and had taken possession of their cots. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War A suitable point of agreement was established between Eric and Weidmann, while they united in a facetious, but entirely respectful assault upon the doctor. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The captain was a jolly dog, and loved his liquor, and was, withal, so facetious a companion, that he prevailed on his new friend to swallow a great deal more than did him any good. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative And I wish the little essayists, who copy Mr. George Augustus Sala, and are so very smart and facetious by his aid, would either swim without corks, or not swim at all. About London Stock-brokers are very facetious fellows, and amuse their leisure hours in many ways, such as tossing for halfcrowns in a hat, and practical jokes; occasionally a good deal of small wit passes current. Here and There in London In their six months' association, it was the first facetious remark she had made in his presence. Mate in Two Moves Upon telling this to a facetious friend who came to look at the trophy, he said that it was no wonder, considering the quantity of lead that was in him. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa We propose to go more at large into a description of the contents of these ancient and facetious relics. The Pain and Sorrow of Evil Marriage Colonel S. Come, come, sir, I like your facetious humour well enough; it shows courage and unconcern. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee The learned Serjeant is often facetious; but certainly this is his richest joke. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Where, save at Mansion House banquets, are great Ministers facetious? Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "I don't want to see them—nor the dispensation, nor confections, nor relations, nor yourself either, you facetious, meddling, old fool!" Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Cardinal Gibbons was facetious when the Irish ladies' choir of Dublin called on him. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 If now I could invoke that facetious quality to my salvation I might hope to be regarded as a consistent humorist. The Portal of Dreams If you are on the top of an omnibus, and see a lady walking, to whom you are but slightly known, call out "Hi!" and kiss your hand to her in a facetious manner. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Arnobius, speaking of this, says: "The Gentiles make it their constant business to laugh at our faith, and to lash our credulity with their facetious jokes." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning One of the unwritten laws that has descended from father to son in California is that an earthquake, no matter how severe, is a mere joke, and should incite prompt and facetious comment. Ancestors A Novel He cast a facetious look at the old woman as he departed. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. I had always been regarded as a facetious individual. The Portal of Dreams For aught we know, the Times may be a facetious contemporary, cracking jokes on the head of Mr. Frewen, as if it were a thick one. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He was a ruddy young fellow; he had a broad visage, with a wide, facetious red-lipped mouth, a quick, blithe, brown eye, and a broad, blunt nose. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The company stared—but Sarah, who knew that her old master was a facetious gentleman, and always had some meaning behind, looked serious. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales If you think fit to accept of the correspondence of so facetious a cripple, I shall from time to time send you an account of what happens at Rome. The Tatler, Volume 3 He turned a facetious glance that changed in an instant to surprise. John March, Southerner I suppose I must write to your facetious contemporary Notes and Queries, and ask what 'Bombardarum' really does mean; for no Latin Dictionary that I have access to is able to inform me. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) There is a superb collection of pictures by the Old Masters, about which Dickens had always something facetious to say to his friends. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Well, it may be so," was the heavily facetious reply, "and again it may not. The Deaves Affair In this warrant of his, he has made me a high compliment in a facetious distich, by way of dedication of his endeavours, and desires I would recommend them to the world. The Tatler, Volume 3 We are always facetious when a new job comes up. Aliens Oh, sir, it pleases you to be facetious. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. In particular, it pleased her to take a facetious view of college life. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 But my companion paid no attention to my attempt to be facetious, if indeed she heard the remark at all. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself On some of the walls rude drawings had been scrawled in paint or red chalk, with facetious inscriptions and obscene jokes; but from most of them the whitewash had fallen, leaving bare the rough masonry. Jena or Sedan? As we rattled over the railroad crossing and took the road, the men made facetious good-byes to the scene of their six weeks' training. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" There is a shrewdness, although deficient in delicacy, in the Scottish proverbs; they are idiomatic, facetious, and strike home. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Guessing that the child had fallen into disgrace, the servants became quite facetious, exchanging jokes which were not pretty, but which made them nearly die of laughter. The Grandee They seemed only to regret one thing, which was the secession of their cook, Thomas Elliot—not on account of his professional skill, but for his facetious and curious manner. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) He was a facetious dog, this Harry Miller. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) “It’s a code,” said Grant, ignoring George’s facetious remark. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave They resemble the old facetious contes, whose simplicity and humour still live in the pages of Boccaccio, and are not forgotten in those of the Queen of Navarre. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 She left this facetious act to the last, which cleverness saved the officer from thinking it was intentional. The Grandee The incidents of the past month were to be put on a facetious footing it appeared. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman “Well, I will say you are a facetious gentleman!” said he. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The conversation was mostly facetious, and Mr. Bland's last remark concerned the fickleness of woman. Seven Keys to Baldpate The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howell, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray, with others, have preserved our national sayings. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The bidding was sluggish at first, but Johnny’s facetious oratory warmed it. Gold He also invented satirical and humorous indexes, not the least facetious parts of his volumes. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Nor must we fail to do justice to Thomas Nash, a facetious writer of considerable reputation in the latter part of the sixteenth p. 73century. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations The mayor made facetious comment on Mr. Bland's "skittishness", and Mr. Max also indulged in a gibe or two. Seven Keys to Baldpate The timid monarch, terrified at this tragical appearance of his facetious friend, saw at once the demands of the whole Spanish cabinet, and vented his palliative in a gentle proclamation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 We grinned an appreciation of what we thought merely a facetious reply. Gold But of all the rabid wits who, fastening on their prey, never drew their fangs from the noble animal, the facetious Dr. King seems to have been the only one who excited Bentley’s anger. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors And facetious Miss Daisy broke out in such a wild, merry laugh, that an early robin, perched on a tree beside the window, ceased chirping, and listened to her. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Well," returned Mr. Van Riper, with an attempt at facetious geniality, "we'll try to get his nose down to the grindstone, we will. The Story of a New York House The Doctor was in a playful and facetious mood that pleasant afternoon. In the Heart of a Fool "Hiding, maybe," I ventured, taking a facetious squint about. Wings of the Wind One of its most remarkable results was 261 the production of that work, which annihilated the whimsical labours of Warburton, Edwards’s “Canons of Criticism,” one of those successful facetious criticisms which enliven our literary history. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Some facetious opponent of the schoolmen fathered on St. Thomas Aquinas an imaginary work in sundry folio volumes entitled De Omnibus Rebus, adding an equally bulky and imaginary supplement—Et Quibusdam Aliis. Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc His Majesty was pleased to be very facetious at the Council the other day, though not very refined. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III “If one wanted to make a facetious rejoinder, the opening is excellent,” she said, fighting back her nervousness with a smile. Claim Number One He was being weakly facetious, but his efforts met with an enthusiastic response. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Fielding occasionally gave a facetious narrative of a paper war between the forces of Sir Alexander Drawcansir, the literary hero of the Covent-Garden Journal, and the army of Grub-street; it formed an occasional literary satire. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors At the club, they were far too facetious; even Randulf rallied him in a disagreeable manner. Skipper Worse And the facetious hunchback evidently recognized him, remembered him and the fact of his employment in a law office. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "Oh! ah! yes, this," says my facetious friend. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Once at a dinner where several artists, amateurs, and literary men were convened, a poet, by way of being facetious, proposed as a toast the health of the painters and glaziers of Great Britain. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches Here, too, we find that the facetious Dr. King threw away all his sterling wit for five miserable pounds, though “The Art of Cookery,” and that of “Love,” obtained a more honourable price. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors When he was condemned as being too worldly and facetious for a priest, it was easy to retort that humour is not of necessity irreligious. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Who would suspect that Chaucer hath borrowed from an Italian the facetious tale of the Miller of Trumpington?” etc. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Booth's facetious remarks during his son's marriage according to the Army forms were well adapted to tickle the ears of his groundlings. Arrows of Freethought Why, then, did God write it so that you could easily be facetious about it? Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The ponderosity and prolixity of Gabriel’s “period of a mile,” are described with a facetious extravagance, which may be given as a specimen of the eloquence of ridicule. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Sydney Smith, in a very lively portrait, says that Horner was the best, kindest, simplest, and most incorruptible of mankind; but intimates sufficiently that his impenetrability to the facetious was something almost unexampled. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Even in his case, a facetious sceptic hints, and the Mormons argue, that the command only means that he must have one wife at least. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Erasmus was the most facetious man, and the greatest critic of his age. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts It is not so easy to be facetious about Homer, or Plato, or Aristotle, or Dante, or Spinoza, or Shakespeare, or Bacon. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) A fund of old-fashioned, homely but decidedly sound philosophy, yet an eye for the facetious phases of human nature, witty as well as philosophical. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Venerable sire," said Puck, making a mock reverence, and scarcely able to suppress a chuckle at the solemn looks of his master, "what facetious dream hath been playing its mad pranks about thy sacred pillow? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 He made a flowery speech and attempted to turn the meeting into a facetious affair but when Miss Rankin spoke his purpose was defeated and she received much applause. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI You are inclined to be facetious, my friend; that is all right, I appreciate a little witticism myself occasionally. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West "Yes, my dear lady, for either I must be now asleep, or you must have been dreaming when the facetious Moors favored you with such an extraordinary story." Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. In such a season the Jews might well tremble, made over to the facetious Christian; always excellent whetstones for wit, they afforded peculiar diversion in Carnival times. Dreamers of the Ghetto I wished again that the fool had not fallen into the mercilessly facetious company of Skipper Saucy Bill North of the schooner Quick as Wink. The Cruise of the Shining Light "Count myself, should I?" the other retorted with a quick facetious laugh. The Moon is Green Then, almost in the same breath, all the facetious accusation left her face. Once to Every Man Then he put on a manner he intended to be facetious. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills A noble marquis won facetious fame by pelting them with pineapples. Dreamers of the Ghetto He knew that even when they waxed facetious, they were rooting for him; and this knowledge multiplied his confidence, and gave him fresh courage. Rope “Go up head,” said the man, with a facetious gesture. Dr. Sevier "A lawyer," said Lord Brougham, in a facetious mood, "is a learned gentleman, who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it himself." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. The facetious Mr. Dennis, in speaking of him, says, “If you take the first letter of Mr. Alexander Pope's Christian name, and the first and last letters of his surname, you have A. P. E.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Yes, he had the same funny lines still, and once she touched his forehead lightly for an instant with her slender fingers in facetious demonstration, and he trembled in painful rapture. Dreamers of the Ghetto Mr. Blaine, if you are inclined to be facetious, sir, 280 let me tell you this is neither the time nor place for an attempt at a jest! The Crevice “Why didn’t you bring him to us?” asked the Doctor, scowling resentfully at the facetious drawings and legends on the walls, where the dampness glistened in the sickly light. Dr. Sevier "Then it will pass, of course," rejoined the facetious physician. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. At Billingsgate, Hogarth made a “caracatura” of a facetious porter, called the Duke of Puddledock, who agreeably entertained the party with the humours of the place. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges With the Hyde-like change comes another, and I feel positively facetious. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Mr. Blaine, if I were in the mood to be facetious, I might employ your American vernacular and ask that you tell me something I don’t know! The Crevice "Pretty—very pretty lodgers," said I. "You are facetious, monsieur," said the concierge, smiling. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Superlatively ludicrous and facetious, upon my erudition; and highly productive of risibility—ha, ha, ha. The Politician Out-Witted The versatility of genius exhibited by this author has won for him a world-wide reputation as a facetious and a strong writer. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real "If we had a brace of grand-dukes and a bomb or two, we could fancy ourselves in Russia," said the facetious hotel-porter. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland And now he was writing a gossipy, facetious letter.… The Education of Eric Lane Some were couched in rather a facetious vein, but she answered them as if they were intended to be serious, sometimes with a comic result. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life After that they got facetious, and admired a Punch and Judy show together, and parted with deep regret, when a policeman desired them to move on. Wee Wifie Meanwhile, Wee Andra, goaded to desperation by his absolute lack of success and the facetious remarks which were rendering his guides weak and incompetent, resolved to give up the hopeless struggle. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro The conversation of an intelligent commercial traveller is, as I said, of a facetious and entertaining turn. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Cattle-stealing and highway robbery as supervised by Starlight are allowable, and even meritorious, in so far as they afford him opportunities to practise some facetious deception on the police. Australian Writers Jim grinned at his jokes and stories and ventured some facetious remarks of his own, and Wellesly told a story or two that sent the others into peals of laughter. With Hoops of Steel Clay, the pawnbroker, a little man with a deeply wrinkled face and shrewd, beadlike, black eyes, was darting in and out amongst his friends, laughing loudly, cracking jokes, and making himself generally facetious and agreeable. Good Luck Since Camden's time, this facetious story has been told by almost every historian and annalist. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance |
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