Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Agreeably diverting; amusing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting: as, an entertaining story; an entertaining friend.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very amusing; that
entertains . - verb Present participle of
entertain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective agreeably diverting
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Examples
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"The volumes are profusely illustrated and contain the most entertaining sketches in Mr. Stockton's _most entertaining_ manner."
Sara Crewe or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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I agree art can be viewed under a different light by everyone but when it has mass appeal then it was successful in entertaining a large audience.
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What makes sports entertaining is that it is unpredictable.
The only sure NHL prediction: There always will be surprises 2009
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I agree, watching them on VHS, however, does give them a certain entertaining quality, though.
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What I find most entertaining is everyone here wether it be to say its real or fake … or want to argue with others on their opinons, no one here but me is going to state the obvious …
Is “The Fourth Kind” real or fake? Secrets revealed » Scene-Stealers 2009
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But being provocative and entertaining is not the same thing as being successful -- or, at least, it isn't depending upon your definition of successful.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Science And Religion Aren't Friends, But They Could Be Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Even more entertaining is that some of these accounts are years old and are still updated, usually serving no purpose other than to serve up a healthy dose of schadenfreude.
Fake Twitter accounts and the American politician: A love story Katie Rogers 2010
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Although I have quibbles about them, the Manga Guides remain entertaining supplementary reading for tough subjects.
The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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But being provocative and entertaining is not the same thing as being successful -- or, at least, it isn't depending upon your definition of successful.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Science And Religion Aren't Friends, But They Could Be Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Ron: I think the most important thing really was that you could take very personal ideas and present them to an audience in entertaining ways.
Prolagus commented on the word entertaining
An entertaining man: a conversationalist
An entertaining woman: a trollop
(see my list)
June 13, 2008