entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ 
: providing entertainment : diverting
an entertaining book
an entertaining speaker
Examples of entertaining in a Sentence
a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
How can something this important be this entertaining?
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The result is a frank, warm and hugely entertaining film that celebrates a style of photography more often treated as kitsch than serious, timeless art.
—Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
For all of the drama, the streams have managed to put together a narrative that is oddly entertaining.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Entertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertaining. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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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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