: 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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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Her grin was epic, reading me and my desires fully with a sort of amused outrage.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Some people blasted the signs as dangerously distracting, while others were wildly amused.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
McCartney sounded intrigued by my whereabouts, or perhaps merely amused that I was marooned there waiting out a predictably bad run of snowy weather.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Amused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amused. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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