tongue-in-cheek

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tongue-in-cheek - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tongue-in-cheek
      adv 1: in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
             [syn: banteringly, tongue-in-cheek]
      2: not seriously; "I meant it facetiously" [syn: facetiously,
         jokingly, tongue-in-cheek]
      adj 1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious
             remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: bantering,
             facetious, tongue-in-cheek]