entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ 
: providing entertainment : diverting
an entertaining book
an entertaining speaker
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a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
The documentary can be irksome, and its chronology a touch confusing, but Spiegelman is an entertaining interlocutor, and so are many of the artists and critics who testify to his greatness here.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Launching alongside her upcoming cooking, gardening and entertaining show, the new brand reflects her next big step.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
One Reddit thread opened the floor for parents of all backgrounds to shoutout their one newborn must-have–and the responses are pretty entertaining.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Entertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertaining. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtān-iŋ
: providing amusement, diversion, or recreation
an entertaining book
entertainingly
adverb
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