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amused

 adjective
     
a‧mused
1 if you are amused by something, you think it is funny and you smile or laugh
amused at/by
Ellen seemed amused by the whole situation.
I could see she was highly amused (=very amused).
The man looked a little amused.
He won't be very amused (=he will be annoyed) when he finds out what's happened to his garden.
2

keep somebody amused

to entertain or interest someone for a long time so that they do not get bored:
There were puzzles and games to keep the children amused.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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