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ILE Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Facetious
If someone said "He's only being facetious" or "He can be facetious", and that you're not knowing "he" because that someone is your friend but not "he", (i.e. no context is available in this case), what can you deduce from the remark that your friend made?
My question really is to ask if the word "facetious" is just a word to describe someone who is generally a funny guy or it does has some negative connotation to it? Native speakers, please help and thanks.
By the way, does the word facetious commonly used by native speakers?
Thanks.
Isabelle
My question really is to ask if the word "facetious" is just a word to describe someone who is generally a funny guy or it does has some negative connotation to it? Native speakers, please help and thanks.
By the way, does the word facetious commonly used by native speakers?
Thanks.
Isabelle
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com/dictionary/facetious I don't see anything negative about it. It's just a fancy word with an ordinary meaning. CJ
- com/dictionary/facetious I don't see anything negative about it.
- It's just a fancy word with an ordinary meaning.
- CJ
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facetious : joking, not serious
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facetious
I don't see anything negative about it. It's just a fancy word with an ordinary meaning.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facetious
I don't see anything negative about it. It's just a fancy word with an ordinary meaning.
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I don't understand your first question.
Facetious is commonly used by native speakers - usually in a negative sense when somebody has made a flippant remark.
'Don't be facetious.'
Rover
Facetious is commonly used by native speakers - usually in a negative sense when somebody has made a flippant remark.
'Don't be facetious.'
Rover
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Hi,
If someone said "He's only being facetious" or "He can be facetious", and that you're not knowing "he" because that someone is your friend but not "he", (i.e. no context is available in this case), what can you deduce from the remark that your friend made?
My question really is to ask if the word "facetious" is just a word to describe someo
If someone said "He's only being facetious" or "He can be facetious", and that you're not knowing "he" because that someone is your friend but not "he", (i.e. no context is available in this case), what can you deduce from the remark that your friend made?
My question really is to ask if the word "facetious" is just a word to describe someo
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