tongue-in-cheek

Adjective tongue-in-cheek has 1 sense

• tongue-in-cheek(s = adj.all) bantering, facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

Adverbial tongue-in-cheek has 2 senses

• tongue-in-cheek(r = adv.all) banteringly - in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
• tongue-in-cheek(r = adv.all) facetiously, jokingly - not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"