entertaining

entertaining
adj.
VERBS
be, sound
become
make sth

He tried to make his speech more entertaining.

find sth

The others seemed to find my discomfort hugely entertaining.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. BrE), vastly, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully

It was highly entertaining for the people around them.

thoroughly
mildly, moderately (esp. AmE)
PHRASES
entertaining and informative

The book is an entertaining and informative read.

Entertaining is used with these nouns: ↑anecdote, ↑companion, ↑fashion, ↑film, ↑football, ↑game, ↑movie, ↑read, ↑show, ↑story, ↑talk, ↑yarn

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