Overview of adj tongue-in-cheek

The adj tongue-in-cheek has 1 sense

• bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek -- (cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice")

Overview of adv tongue-in-cheek

The adv tongue-in-cheek has 2 senses

• banteringly, tongue-in-cheek -- (in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly")


• facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheek -- (not seriously; "I meant it facetiously")