Definition of "facetiously" []

• In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor (adverb)
• In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion. (adverb)

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• "Indeed, Asperger’s is all over SF, nor did I use the term facetiously in this case, since I suspect (albeit only from a remove, and based only on my interactions with him) that Burt may have some variation of Asperger’s, which would explain (although not necessarily excuse) some of his truculent behavior and inability to process why others might have objections to his actions."
• "Suggesting it as to people whom you do dislike, even if you suggest it facetiously, is mean-spirited."
• "The first: At a demonstration in Berlin, our German comrades I do not use the word facetiously, only sadly hoisted a placard reading, “Dresden 1945, Baghdad 2003: the same crime."