entertaining

[ en-ter-tey-ning ]
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adjective
  1. affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.

Origin of entertaining

1
First recorded in 1615–25; entertain + -ing2

Other words from entertaining

  • en·ter·tain·ing·ly, adverb
  • non·en·ter·tain·ing, adjective
  • qua·si-en·ter·tain·ing, adjective
  • self-en·ter·tain·ing, adjective
  • un·en·ter·tain·ing, adjective
  • un·en·ter·tain·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use entertaining in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for entertaining

entertaining

/ (ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. serving to entertain or give pleasure; diverting; amusing

Derived forms of entertaining

  • entertainingly, adverb

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