tongue-in-cheek

  • (r) in a bantering fashion
    • he spoke to her banteringly
    banteringly,
  • (s) cleverly amusing in tone
    • a bantering tone
    • facetious remarks
    • tongue-in-cheek advice
    bantering, facetious,
  • (r) not seriously
    • I meant it facetiously
    facetiously, jokingly,

Synonyms

banteringly bantering facetious facetiously jokingly

Words of close approximity