: pleasantly entertained or diverted (as by something funny)
She seemed slightly amused by his explanation.
: feeling or showing amusement
an amused smile
a crowd of amused spectators
I had often heard him speaking to her in an amused, confiding voice …—
Paula Fox
Paula Fox
amusedly
adjective
… she looked up into our curious faces and smiled amusedly and sweetly, as only a woman can smile …
—Jack London
Jack London
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And as usually happens, the subjects are not very amused about their portrayal there.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Outwardly mordant, Ron could be downright goofy in his ATEX messages, with deliberate typos and odd punctuation, designed to keep me—a copy editor, four years in—amused.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Taylor Swift was very amused by Jason Kelce’s recent Monday Night Football antics!
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
While Trump sputtered and raved, Harris looked on in amused scorn.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Outwardly mordant, Ron could be downright goofy in his ATEX messages, with deliberate typos and odd punctuation, designed to keep me—a copy editor, four years in—amused.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Taylor Swift was very amused by Jason Kelce’s recent Monday Night Football antics!
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
While Trump sputtered and raved, Harris looked on in amused scorn.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Amused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amused. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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