: pleasantly entertained or diverted (as by something funny)
She seemed slightly amused by his explanation.
: feeling or showing amusement
an amused smile
a crowd of amused spectators
I had often heard him speaking to her in an amused, confiding voice …Paula Fox
amusedly adjective
… she looked up into our curious faces and smiled amusedly and sweetly, as only a woman can smile … Jack London

Examples of amused in a Sentence

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The amused barista eventually tires of our back-and-forth and comps the drinks. Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025 Arena, using the amused, self-teasing tone of someone looking down an itemized bill for maybe three billion dollars—JPMorgan declined to confirm that reported price—reflected on the travertine that surrounds the elevator banks. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 The video now stands at nearly 47 million views, with thousands of comments from amused viewers. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Listeners, including Musk himself, were incredibly amused at the similarity in their voices, right down to accent, cadence, and techno-babble vocabulary. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for amused 

Word History

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of amused was in 1728

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“Amused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amused. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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