tongue-in-cheek

Speech parts

1. tongue-in-cheek - Adjective

2. tongue-in-cheek - Adverb

3. tongue-in-cheek - Phrase

4. tongue-in-cheek - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

cleverly amusing in tone

in a bantering fashion

not seriously

Alternative names

tongue in cheek

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Examples

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark. Brad Paisley

There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactly a brand new idea. Peter Noone

I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless. Christopher Walken

Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy. John Rhys-Davies

We actually did quite a lot of comedy on 'Xena'. The whole show was very tongue-in-cheek. Lucy Lawless

I've said a lot of stuff in the past, but not with any intentions to hurt anybody. It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek. Tyson Fury

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