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Webster 1913 Edition


Entertaining

Enˊter-tain′ing

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Adj.
Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
Enˊter-tain′ing-ly
,
adv.
Enˊter-tain′ing-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Entertaining

ENTERTA'INING

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ppr.
Receiving with hospitality; receiving and treating with provisions and accommodations, for reward; keeping or cherishing with favor; engaging the attention; amusing.
1.
Pleasing; amusing; diverting; as an entertaining discourse; an entertaining friend.

Definition 2024


entertaining

entertaining

English

Adjective

entertaining (comparative more entertaining, superlative most entertaining)

  1. Very amusing; that entertains.
    • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
      Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.

Translations

Verb

entertaining

  1. present participle of entertain

Noun

entertaining (plural entertainings)

  1. (archaic) entertainment
    • 1889, George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
      As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday []