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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Which makes this week’s reaction to an entertaining—but by no means original —treatise on the impact of artificial intelligence on the world’s biggest economy all the more puzzling.
From Barron's
Duane assured the fox that he would explain everything and that it might even make an entertaining story to tell while eating sorbets, tarts, and aplomb.
From Literature
These programs — while useful, innovative and entertaining — never allowed for full-on Spanish-language immersion for viewers, relying heavily on English as their primary tongue.
From Los Angeles Times
Brugge could not keep the Norwegian target man at bay as he settled an entertaining tie with a display of lethal finishing at the Metropolitano stadium.
From Barron's
"I think nobody was seriously entertaining that something like this could ever be possible."
From Science Daily
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