tongue-in-cheek

Adjective

• cleverly amusing in tone
  • a bantering tone
    
  • facetious remarks
    
  • tongue-in-cheek advice
    

Adverb

• not seriously
  • I meant it facetiously
    

• in a bantering fashion
  • he spoke to her banteringly
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bantering , facetious , facetiously , jokingly , banteringly