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tongue-in-cheek
adv 2adj 1
Definitions
adj
1
Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous.
He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint.
It was in this era, too, that author and Scotland the Brave songwriter Cliff Hanley penned The Glasgow Underground, a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Subway in song.
adv
1
With contempt.
2
With irony.
He portrayed them tongue-in-cheek as great lawgivers, as Solons.
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