All 6 Uses of
facetious
in
Tender is the Night
- As Rosemary returned the gaze the man dislodged the monocle, which went into hiding amid the facetious whiskers of his chest, and poured himself a glass of something from a bottle in his hand.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- …for seventeen psychiatric books from a German concern, a bill from Brentano's, a letter from Buffalo from his father, in a handwriting that year by year became more indecipherable; there was a card from Tommy Barban postmarked Fez and bearing a facetious communication; there were letters from doctors in Zurich, both in German; a disputed bill from a plasterer in Cannes; a bill from a furniture maker; a letter from the publisher of a medical journal in Baltimore, miscellaneous…†
Chpt 1.20
- Dick became facetious.†
Chpt 2.13
- She had caught something facetious in his eye and she changed the subject.†
Chpt 2.21
- He was serious for a while—suddenly an irrepressible facetiousness broke through and he laughed, saying, "It's hopeless.†
Chpt 3.2
- Nicole refused her turn; then Rosemary rode the board neatly and conservatively, with facetious cheers from her admirers.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(facetious) trivial humor