: pleasantly entertained or diverted (as by something funny)
She seemed slightly amused by his explanation.
: feeling or showing amusement
an amused smile
a crowd of amused spectators
I had often heard him speaking to her in an amused, confiding voice …—
Paula Fox
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amusedly
adjective
… she looked up into our curious faces and smiled amusedly and sweetly, as only a woman can smile …
—Jack London
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Comments quickly poured in from amused viewers on TikTok.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan stage and shoot said home invasion like a Jacques Tati sequence — that is to say, from an amused, ironic distance that watches humans squirm and scramble without intervention.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
But as the incidents racked up, players started to be less amused.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
But amused fans of both Android and iOS had plenty to say.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan stage and shoot said home invasion like a Jacques Tati sequence — that is to say, from an amused, ironic distance that watches humans squirm and scramble without intervention.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
But as the incidents racked up, players started to be less amused.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
But amused fans of both Android and iOS had plenty to say.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Amused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amused. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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