facetiously vs simply

facetiously

adv
  • In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor 

simply

adv
  • Foolishly; stupidly. 

  • In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone. 

  • Plainly; without art or subtlety 

  • Merely; solely. 

  • Frankly. 

  • absolutely, positively. 

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