entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtā-niŋ 
ˌin-
: providing entertainment : diverting
an entertaining book
an entertaining speaker
Examples of entertaining in a Sentence
a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day
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Rachel Simon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
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This festival offshoot is another wildly entertaining chance to introduce audiences to the diverse, underappreciated world of Asian and Asian American films.
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Rachel Simon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
That’s one way to read the film, anyway, other than as an entertaining kind of hostage thriller about an extremely dysfunctional family.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2026
According to a press release, the book breaks down each discipline—cooking, entertaining, home organizing, collecting, and gardening—into foundational lessons and step-by-step principles to live by that will produce real results.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
This festival offshoot is another wildly entertaining chance to introduce audiences to the diverse, underappreciated world of Asian and Asian American films.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Entertaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertaining. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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entertaining
adjective
en·ter·tain·ing
ˌen-tər-ˈtān-iŋ
: providing amusement, diversion, or recreation
an entertaining book
entertainingly
adverb
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