How to pronounce facetious

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“facetious” in real sentences

78 clips in the index · 17 American · 17 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. recreate net neutrality which I might describe in a somewhat facetious but unfortunately not entirely facetious

    FTC · hear it here

  2. No, obviously I'm being semi-facetious.

    NIH · hear it here

  3. That is facetious, perhaps, but it is true.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. I'm going to start with the facetious answer.

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

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