facetious
Common misspellings:
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- fictious (8.3%)
- facitious (33.3%)
- fascesious (16.7%)
- facesious (8.3%)
- facicious (8.3%)
- facestious (16.7%)
- facatious (8.3%)
Usage examples for facetious:
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Dr. J. Sir, in order to be facetious it is not necessary to be indecent.
"Collections and Recollections" – George William Erskine Russell -
He loves to tell stories: always calls them merry, facetious good, or excellent, before he begins, in order to bespeak the attention of the hearers, but never gives himself concern in the progress or conclusion of them, to make good what he promises in his preface.
"Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) History Of A Young Lady" – Samuel Richardson -
The countenance of the Alderman had barely time to recover its composure, ere he was required to answer to this free and somewhat facetious salutation.
"The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas" – James Fenimore Cooper