fun-loving
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fun-loving
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t respond to his various wake-up calls with stubborn defiance but a curiosity that shifts his moping into something akin to a geeky, fun-loving second adolescence.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
"Always keeping busy. But generally fun-loving and up for a laugh. Didn't take things too seriously in life."
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Yet there’s another side to the story: Osbourne could also be a generous, friendly, fun-loving bloke—at least according to Stephen Rea’s “Ozzy & Me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
“Dutch Bros Coffee is a fun-loving, mind-blowing drive-thru coffee company,” the company’s release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
The villagers remembered Matty as a fun-loving young man who had been destroyed when he fought the evil, unknowable forces that had menaced the village in those harsher times, seven years earlier.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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