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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Entertaining or pleasing.
  • adjective Arousing laughter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Giving amusement; diverting.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of amuse.
  • adjective Entertaining.
  • adjective Funny, hilarious.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective arousing or provoking laughter
  • adjective providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

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