The phrase "certainly amused" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to express a strong sense of amusement or amusement that is beyond doubt. It can also imply a sense of surprise or unexpected enjoyment. Example: "She was certainly amused by the antics of her mischievous cat."
(I was certainly amused by Megan Hilty being fed grapes).
As a former resident of Orange County, Calif., I am certainly amused by "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim," but I do not share Chass's feelings.
At the host's expense Thomson's witty and thoroughly-researched speech certainly amused all present, but probably not Soho House, which uses signs on its toilet doors to inform patrons of its strict policy of zero drug tolerance.
His sound bites and outrageous declarations certainly amuse.
While it won't be to everyone's taste, I was certainly kept amused – although sometimes in ways that the writers could never have intended – and hugely entertained by the virtuoso displays of mental gymnastics, which kept me guessing all the way.
The work's circuitous journey from mind to stage certainly would have amused Beuys, a World War II airman who died in 1986 after roaming studios and galleries in a fishing vest and fedora while jabbing at the conscience of the world.
By Hendrik Hertzberg September 16, 2008 A reader writes: You might be interested and amused (but certainly not "intrigued") to learn that, in Ancient Greek, the word "Palin" means, more or less, "backwards".
Certainly, twitter users, wherever they are, are not amused.
Imagine what Nash would say on the eve of our new decade, a humorist's dream, this past year of popping the American barrel chest, a time most certainly setting itself up for at least over three hundred amused parodies.
The Times guy was slightly amused by the perp as being ambitious but certainly no Ted Kaczynski.
But experienced UK ravers – of whatever generation – will certainly find much to amuse them in Spin's "Dance Party USA" timeline (a chronological overview focussing on such key historical landmarks as the release of the film Kids and Roni Size's Mercury prize win).
