entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ 
: providing entertainment : diverting
an entertaining book
an entertaining speaker
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Examples of entertaining in a Sentence
a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day
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Such wisdom fills the pages of this immensely entertaining history, which is constructed around medieval guidebooks and travelogues, and highlights dazzling destinations like Constantinople and Rhodes under the Knights Hospitaller.
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
And Apple’s next generation of software is expected to be packed with an array of AI features likely to make its often-bumbling virtual assistant Siri smarter, and make photos, music, texting — and possibly even creating emojis on the fly — a more productive and entertaining experience.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
On the plus side, the interviews can be entertaining.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
That’s the sharpest line in this highly entertaining episode of Clipped, uttered by Donald Sterling to V. at night after she’s dropped him off at his wife Shelly’s place so the two can have an important chat.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
And Apple’s next generation of software is expected to be packed with an array of AI features likely to make its often-bumbling virtual assistant Siri smarter, and make photos, music, texting — and possibly even creating emojis on the fly — a more productive and entertaining experience.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
On the plus side, the interviews can be entertaining.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
That’s the sharpest line in this highly entertaining episode of Clipped, uttered by Donald Sterling to V. at night after she’s dropped him off at his wife Shelly’s place so the two can have an important chat.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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“Entertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertaining. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtān-iŋ
: providing amusement, diversion, or recreation
an entertaining book
entertainingly
adverb
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