TONGUE-IN-CHEEK as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • cleverly amusing in tone
   Synonym(s)
   • bantering (what does bantering mean?)
   • facetious (what does facetious mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a bantering tone
   • facetious remarks
   • tongue-in-cheek advice
   Similar To
   • humorous (what does humorous mean?)
   • humourous (what does humourous mean?)

TONGUE-IN-CHEEK as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • not seriously
   Synonym(s)
   • facetiously (what does facetiously mean?)
   • jokingly (what does jokingly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I meant it facetiously
   Pertainym(s)
   • jesting (what does jesting mean?)
   • jocose (what does jocose mean?)
   • jocular (what does jocular mean?)
   • joking (what does joking mean?)
   • bantering (what does bantering mean?)
   • facetious (what does facetious mean?)
   • tongue-in-cheek (what does tongue-in-cheek mean?)
2. Meaning
   • in a bantering fashion
   Synonym(s)
   • banteringly (what does banteringly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he spoke to her banteringly
   Pertainym(s)
   • bantering (what does bantering mean?)
   • facetious (what does facetious mean?)
   • tongue-in-cheek (what does tongue-in-cheek mean?)