Sentence examples for exactly amused from inspiring English sources

"Compulsory schooling begins at age six". My parents were not exactly amused by my legal précis.

Mr. Auger instructed the deliveryman to come to the restaurant and seek out the hostess, who — while not exactly amused — condoned Mr. Auger's alternate dinner.

I can't quite gauge from his manner exactly how much irony, bad blood or just amused mischief there is in these comments.

Or just amuse you.

But the money wasn't exactly free, and the community was not amused when it learned the details.

You've got to be kidding!" Some of my girlfriends were similarly amused when I told them, but others knew exactly what I was talking about.

Admittedly, it wasn't exactly Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler, but the recollection has kept me amused during many a dark evening.

Or amused.

Politely amused?

a reader amused.

Constitutionalists are not amused.