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amusing

 adjective
     
a‧mus‧ing
funny and entertaining:
I don't find his jokes at all amusing.
a highly amusing (=very amusing) film
an amusing story/anecdote/incident etc
The book is full of amusing stories about his childhood.
mildly/vaguely amusing (=a little amusing, but not very)
a mildly amusing spectacle
—amusingly adverb
WORD FOCUS: funny WORD FOCUS: funny
similar words: amusing, humorous, witty, comical
very funny: hilarious, hysterical
something that someone says that is intended to make people laugh: joke, pun, play on wordsfunny

➔ See also funny
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