Synonyms for amusingly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uh-myoo-zing |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmyu zɪŋ |
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Définition of amusingly
Origin :- c.1600, "cheating;" present participle adjective from amuse (v.). Sense of "interesting" is from 1712; that of "pleasantly entertaining, tickling to the fancy" is from 1826. Noted late 1920s as a vogue word. Amusive has been tried in all senses since 18c. and might be useful, but it never caught on. Related: Amusingly.
- As in humorously : adv comically
- Mrs. Elton was amusingly bewildered by the occurrences of the evening.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- The outcome of the evening was amusingly destructive of all our kindly plans.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- All this might, he thought, turn out very well and amusingly.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- The dancers were grotesquely got up, and are amusingly described by Mr Baker.
- Extract from : « Great African Travellers » by W.H.G. Kingston
- And Harry seemed to him the incarnation of everything delightfully, amusingly English.
- Extract from : « The Limit » by Ada Leverson
- We went to every kind of shop; they are amusingly different from ours.
- Extract from : « An Ohio Woman in the Philippines » by Emily Bronson Conger
- That he was a tenderfoot was amusingly apparent to the natives.
- Extract from : « Mary Ware in Texas » by Annie F. Johnston
- On the other hand, some writers have been amusingly overestimated.
- Extract from : « The Greatest English Classic » by Cleland Boyd McAfee
- The importance attached to this is amusingly illustrated in Mm.
- Extract from : « History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 » by Henry Thomas Buckle
- This was of course conclusive of nothing, but it was amusingly to the point.
- Extract from : « Talks on Writing English » by Arlo Bates
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