entertaining
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- entertainingly adverb
- nonentertaining adjective
- quasi-entertaining adjective
- self-entertaining adjective
- unentertaining adjective
- unentertainingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of entertaining
Example Sentences
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She described him as "kind, accommodating, informative and entertaining".
From BBC
A caller shared that what finally unlocked regular entertaining for her was a simple garden flag.
From Salon
One of them will usually be entertaining Evelyn as the other is on the console, meaning they can't play Friday the 13th and other games together.
From BBC
But to compare either of them to this morning’s other nominees is to notice that animation can be at once entertaining, intellectually complex and visually distinct.
From Los Angeles Times
The book, which is equal parts entertaining and incisive, charts how the “I Will Always Love You” singer was born in a family of 12 children at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times
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