Sentence examples for facetious style from inspiring English sources
Indeed, her own buoyant and sometimes facetious style knowingly breaks plenty of the old rules.
The subscriber replied in facetious style and almost gives love in her personal-touch letter.
The real problem, though - the context Taleb does not appear to see, the reason the book itself is a turkey - is one of facetious style.
His style is half facetious, half satirical, although we may not be sure what the movies are satires of.
(That's "facetious," by the way).
He would also, you can't help thinking, have approved Hollinghurst's discriminating eye and perhaps even enjoyed the half-facetious, half-adoring tributes Nick pays to his famously orotund late style, the "plums of periphrasis" Nick likes to slip into his conversation.
Ironpants isn't the only hero you can control - the arcade-style game features characters, with charming names like "Cutiepants," "Chickenpants," and "Discopants" - a facetious gesture from the publishers, whom otherwise clearly want to stress you out beyond all recognition.
Aggressively facetious stuff.
