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divert
(redirected from divertingly)

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divert verb avertere, cause to bend, cause to curve, cause to deviate, cause to turn from, change the course of, deducere, deflect, derivare, deter, deviate, distract, draw aside, draw away, misappropriate, misdirect, mislead, parry, pull aside, push aside, put off the track, redirect, shift, shunt, sidetrack, swerve, turn aside, veer
Associated concepts: diversion of assets, diversion of corpooate funds, diversion of proceeds, diversion of public funds to a private purpose, diversion of trust funds, illegal diverrion, unlawful diversion
See also: alleviate, avert, cloak, deter, detour, digress, discourage, entice, hold up, misemploy, peculate, pervert, repel, rob


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It's divertingly crazy, but probably one film like this is enough.
Only when he learns that an obliging personality is a tool and not an end in itself will he cut more than a divertingly cavalier figure.
His divertingly footnoted "glossary of the missing" ranges the alphabet to disclose what's no longer there--nursery rhymes, close harmony, mad dogs, Brylcreem, phrases, species, civilizations.
 
 
 
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