entertainingly love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an entertaining manner; interestingly; divertingly.

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  • adverb In an entertaining manner

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an entertaining manner

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Examples

  • What she accomplishes, most entertainingly, is to draw the reader into extremely strange circumstances as if they were utterly normal.

    She's Not There: Summary and book reviews of She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan. 2003

  • Big Famous Literary Names this year include Philip Pullman, Seamus Heaney, and poet laureate Carol Anne Duffy, but more leftfield attendees include graphic novelist Alan Moore, of Watchmen and V For Vendetta fame, who can be relied upon for the kind of entertainingly deranged performance that Pullman et al are unlikely to give.

    This week's new events James Marshall 2010

  • At the peak of his dramatic powers, Oliver Stone made belligerent features (Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Any Given Sunday) which often made the viewer feel like they were being yelled at, albeit entertainingly.

    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up Mark Kermode 2010

  • But his real career was appearing almost nightly on broadcast and cable news shows, where his opinions were prized mostly for the entertainingly morbid metaphors he employed to express them.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • If you haven't yet seen one of his entertainingly ramshackle live shows, they're a special experience, partly thanks to his fans, who leave messages and gifts on the stage which provide starting points for Noble's inspired, seemingly improvised routines.

    This week's new comedy James Kettle 2010

  • As the silver Mercedes hissed along the M66 towards Manchester, the manager talked easily and entertainingly about football matters, sometimes commenting on the reports of that evening's other matches coming over the car radio.

    Football – Bloody Hell! The Biography of Alex Ferguson by Patrick Barclay – review Richard Williams 2010

  • Ron Paul has run two--in 1988 as a Libertarian and 2008 as a Republican--though he was entertainingly unpolished, reminiscent of Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man from "Saturday Night Live."

    Pawlenty of Nothing James Taranto 2011

  • Ron Paul has run two--in 1988 as a Libertarian and 2008 as a Republican--though he was entertainingly unpolished, reminiscent of Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man from "Saturday Night Live."

    Pawlenty of Nothing James Taranto 2011

  • But his real career was appearing almost nightly on broadcast and cable news shows, where his opinions were prized mostly for the entertainingly morbid metaphors he employed to express them.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Potter writes entertainingly about the history and philosophy of science, and he shows that science advances by continually removing humankind from a position of primacy in the universe, but the universe responds by placing us back there again.

    You Are Here: Summary and book reviews of You Are Here by Christopher Potter. 2009

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