Usage examples (12)

• Although its contents have not been drawn from works of unfettered fancy, it is hoped they will be found to blend the real with the imaginative in such a degree as to render...
• Her observations upon the 'amusive talents' of THEODORE HOOK, and his entire devotion to their cultivation, are replete with the soundest wisdom.
• A dress museum full of amusive history is the start of a tour that includes prop sections, workshops, sound stages, commonly a opportunity to sit in on a TV series...
• As I have regarded these amusive birds with no small attention, if I should advance something new and peculiar with respect to them, and different from all other birds,...