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diverting
(encz) | diverting,odklánějící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diverting
(encz) | diverting,zábavný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Diverting
(gcide) | Divert \Di*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Diverting.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to
go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn.
See Verse, and cf. Divorce.]
1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended
application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its
channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
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That crude apple that diverted Eve. --Milton.
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2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to
cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse;
to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men
are diverted with works of wit and humor.
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We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. --C.
J. Smith.
Syn: To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate;
delight; recreate. See Amuse.
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Diverting
(gcide) | Diverting \Di*vert"ing\, a.
Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. --
Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
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diverting
(wn) | diverting
adj 1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing
speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive,
diverting] |
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diverting
(encz) | diverting,odklánějící adj: Zdeněk Broždiverting,zábavný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diverting contour furrow
(encz) | diverting contour furrow,odváděcí průleh [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
divertingly
(encz) | divertingly, adv: |
Divertingly
(gcide) | Diverting \Di*vert"ing\, a.
Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. --
Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
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Divertingness
(gcide) | Diverting \Di*vert"ing\, a.
Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. --
Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
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diverting
(wn) | diverting
adj 1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing
speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive,
diverting] |
divertingly
(wn) | divertingly
adv 1: in an entertaining and amusing manner; "Hollywood has
grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really
amusingly bad these days" [syn: amusingly,
divertingly] |
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