dilly vs facetious

dilly

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

facetious

adj
  • Pleasantly humorous; jocular. 

  • Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. 

  • Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite. 

How often have the words dilly and facetious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )