amusingly

From amusing +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /əˈm(j)uzɪŋli/

amusingly (comparative more amusingly, superlative most amusingly)

1. In an amusing manner.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter 94, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     "you will find it a great deal more amusing than if I wanted you to write either pamphlets or speeches. The fact is, that I am too good an actor to succeed as an author. I do assure you, that when en scene, I am often surprised at my own readiness of resource, but I need stimulus. I cannot sit down by myself, and fill four sides of paper, which said time might be so much more amusingly employed; no, life is not long enough to write letters!"

   • 1983, Harry Blamires, A guide to twentieth century literature in English, page 71:

     The comedy Bird in the Hand (1927) plays neatly and amusingly, if tritely and datedly, with the stubborn class-consciousness and inverted pride of a country landlord whose daughter falls in love with the local squire's son.

   • 2008 April 4, Alessandra Stanley, “Space Opera Returns: One Last Step for Mankind”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     Baltar, played hammily as a selfish, cowardly survivor, is to “Battlestar Galactica” what Erica Kane is to “All My Children” — an amusingly villainous central character who brings a little campy comic relief to all that earnest, jaw-clenched melodrama.

   • 2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 August 2025:

     (A foolproof method of producing an amusingly annoyed response from the distinguished experts? Just mention the word “ghosts.”) Whether they’re in on the joke or not doesn’t matter all that much.