tongue-in-cheek

Modifies a noun

• humor: The tongue-in-cheek humor has plenty of adult appeal, too.
• look: Size: 205mm x 200mm, 32pp John Stewart starts the story with a tongue-in-cheek look at the characterful beech trees lining the road.
• reference: Lashing out at them is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Campbell's widely documented temper tantrums.
• style: Dan Clark " A quirky, talented act with a deft tongue-in-cheek style.
• comment: Whether it was a tongue-in-cheek comment from him, I don't care.
• approach: Some will say we are being unfair to Shuttlewood with our skeptical, tongue-in-cheek approach.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: His somewhat tongue-in-cheek immoral displays earn the full approval of the young Nik Cohn, who writes the book at an exhausting intensity.
• slightly: A ( possibly slightly tongue-in-cheek ) example of abc notation in all its multi-faceted glory.
• very: I've noticed that the names of stores are very tongue-in-cheek.
• quite: I just assumed it was aimed squarely at the teenage girl market, and now I discover that the thing was actually quite tongue-in-cheek.
• almost: The opening passages are rapid, almost tongue-in-cheek settings that incorporate Latin dance textures.
• deliciously: The result is a highly erotic and deliciously tongue-in-cheek collection that brings a whole new meaning to the term ' bedtime stories ' .