Musical, also called musical comedy, theatrical production that is characteristically sentimental and amusing in nature, with a simple but distinctive plot, and offering music, dancing, and dialogue.
In a role created specifically for Sabathia, he is at once convincing and amusing in this 30-second spot, offering a magnetic performance reminiscent of some of his most understated work.
Like his pater, Dury is a compelling performer, enchanting and amusing in equal measure.
In the Amores he is outrageous and amusing in the role adopted from Propertius, his Corinna being probably a fiction.
He could be courtly and amusing in person.
Nathan is rueful and amusing in his attempts to seduce Jamie; after all, he has nothing to offer her save "a spigot of wrinkled flesh".
In spite of his great distinction, he was modest and amusing in the classroom.
There was something quite quaint and amusing in their mediocrity.
It was a tactical standoff, brief and somewhat amusing, in a single game, but it drew plenty of attention.
One would not use that adjective for the images, which are powerful and quietly, deeply disturbing, full of pain but resolutely refusing to dramatize it, now and again touching, now and again amusing in an elegiac sort of way.
And it was sporadically amusing in a ditsy way.
