Both Uses of
facetious
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself, and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him.
p. 11.3facetious = humorous
- For, the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball—better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest— laughing heartily if it went right and not less heartily if it went wrong.
p. 62.7 *
Definition:
treating serious issues in a humorous way