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Adjective tongue-in-cheek has 1 sense
- bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)
Adverbial tongue-in-cheek has 2 senses
- banteringly, tongue-in-cheek - in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
- facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheek - not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
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