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entertaining

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en·ter·tain·ing  (ntr-tnng)
adj.
Agreeably diverting; amusing: The children staged an entertaining puppet show.

enter·taining·ly adv.

entertaining
Adjective
interesting, amusing, and enjoyable
Noun
the provision of hospitality to guests: the smart kitchen is perfect for entertaining
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Adj.1.entertaining - agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"
interesting - arousing or holding the attention

entertaining
Translations
Spanish entertaining [ɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ] adjdivertido, entretenido
n to do a lot of entertaining → dar muchas fiestas, tener muchos invitados

French entertaining [ɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ] entertain adjamusant(e)distrayant(e)
n to do a lot of entertaining → beaucoup recevoir

German entertaining [ɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ] entertain adjamüsant
n to do a lot of entertaining → sehr oft Gäste haben

Italian entertaining [ɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ] adjdivertente
n to do a lot of entertaining → avere molti ospiti

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In the first part the greatest freedom has been used in reducing the narration into a narrow compass, so that it is by no means a translation but an epitome, in which, whether everything either useful or entertaining be comprised, the compiler is least qualified to determine.
By the way," he added, turning over the paper to read the entertaining and instructive Fables, "I know the Heathenese lingo.
Gorgias of Leontium, partly entertaining the same doubt, and partly in jest, says, that as a mortar is made by a mortar-maker, so a citizen is made by a citizen-maker, and a Larisssean by a Larisssean-maker.
 
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