1727–36. in Bailey.
1731. Waterland, Scripture Vind., II. 9. B. answers, very facetiously.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, I. iii. Pages which certain droll authors have been facetiously pleased to call The History of England.
1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xix. Sir Mulberry Hawk leered upon his friends most facetiously.
1885. Manch. Exam., 6 May, 6/1. The private view, facetiously so-called.
