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adv. - In an entertaining and amusing manner.

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Usage examples (32)
  • Englishman, aided by a Scotch antiquary, are divertingly futile.
  • Our author finds Jeffrey Masson's "divertingly amateurish" style likely to broaden the audience for the animal-rights movement in a way that Peter Singer and Matthew...
  • Once you realize that the plot of Lost is essentially balderdash, an endless string of divertingly intriguing MacGuffins that don't really pay off, you focus on the...
  • More seasonally, and more divertingly, Colin Dunn of Diageo recommends pouring a drop (mind the carpets) of 10-year-old Isle of Jura onto one of the mince pies you've...
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