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 their knowledge not the less useful for its being amusive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)] Reference

Her observations upon the 'amusive talents' of THEODORE HOOK, and his entire devotion to their cultivation, are replete with the soundest wisdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4] Reference

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 rehearsal in a sound stage and a chance to roll around some unforgettable backlot sets.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

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, I might perhaps be credited; especially as my assertion is the result of many years 'exact observation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2] Reference

But as to dancing itself, either considered in a religious, or in only an amusive light, it may be pronounced to have been among the Romans, as old as Rome itself, and like that rude in its beginnings, but to have received gradual improvement, as fast as the other arts and sciences gained ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Treatise on the Art of Dancing] Reference

A variety of explanations of familiar facts on philosophical principles, which possess attractions of a most amusive character.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829] Reference

A grave proficient in amusive feats.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE EXCURSION BOOK FIFTH] Reference

Prattling amusive in his accent meek.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems] Reference

Of frost, that late amusive to the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan] Reference

So in the cloudless sky, amusive shines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan] Reference

Has spires and mansions more amusive still.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831] Reference

So, ye manufacturers of snake stories horrific, amusive, or instructive, put that against your tales of blacksnakes, copperheads, cotton-mouths, horn-tails, water-mocassins, and the whole tribe else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forest & Frontiers] Reference