amusedly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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To see a young celebrity amusedly flirt with the same thing you tried to keep hidden can be wildly disorienting.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
The personal and the professional begin to blur as Hae-joon stakes out Seo-rae’s apartment, an invasion of privacy that she amusedly acknowledges and even welcomes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
Settling into Knopf’s cluttered Park Avenue offices with the carefree aplomb of a court jester, the black-bearded boss seemed amusedly uninterested in literary power and the genteel backstabbing politics of the publishing world.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2019
“Why, it’s hours yet till dark!” she said, amusedly.
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
Ishtar, or her historical doppelgänger, smiled amusedly at me, as if remembering a joke only she understood.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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