tongue-in-cheek

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
not intended seriously; jocular or humorous

He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint.

see tongue. a tongue-in-cheek remark is said as a joke, not seriously
in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
mockingly, tauntingly