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
The result is a divertingly chatty yet thought-provoking exploration of how the family stories we don’t know can define us just as much as the ones we think we do.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021
“They’re going to get married,” royal expert Ingrid Seward declared this week, divertingly.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
And for a while, at least, their instincts prove divertingly right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2016
His earnest adhesion to our principles leaves those who politely call us old women of both sexes in a foolish case, for nothing could be more divertingly absurd than so to classify Carlyle.
From Great Testimony against scientific cruelty by Stephen Coleridge
