Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence:
We must not take his facetious remarks very seriously.

• A. amusing
• B. critical
• C. casual
• D. flippantly humorous

Answer 1

The correct option is D flippantly humorous

Option D: 'Facetious' means 'treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour, flippant'.

'Flippantly humorous' means 'humourous about a serious subject to appear clever', 'try to be amusing in a disrespectful manner when people expect you to be serious'.

This word means the same as the given italicized word. Hence option D is correct.

Option A: 'Amusing' means 'causing laughter and providing entertainment'. This word expresses humour in the positive sense.

Option B: 'Critical' means 'expressing disapproving comments or judgement'.

Option C: 'Casual' means 'relaxed and unconcerned'.

These words do not mean the same as the given word 'facetious'.

So, options A, B and C are wrong.