divert
verb (used with object)
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
Example Sentences
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We got a divertingly problematic revival of "Roseanne" in the bargain, so there's that.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2021
“They’re going to get married,” royal expert Ingrid Seward declared this week, divertingly.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Watching this cerebral but divertingly brisk-paced comedy is a little like watching “Slings & Arrows,” if all the characters in that late, lamented TV series had dramaturgy degrees from Yale.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2016
And for a while, at least, their instincts prove divertingly right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2016
“There’s such a thing as duty, Mr Dorrien,” put in Turner, in a tone meant to convey a lofty rebuke, but which only struck the other as divertingly bumptious.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
