most amused

English translation: it's a pun

16:03 Jul 21, 2010

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

English term or phrase: most amused

if the anthropologist had a muse she would be most amused by this.

"this" = that most significant phrases in the anthropologist's repertoire were never completed in the way the author had originally intended them to be.

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Selected answer:it's a pun

Explanation:
The literal meaning is the must would find the situation very funny. But using the phrase "to be amused" allows the pun with "muse."

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Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 05:12

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it's a pun

Deborah Hoffman

4 +2

"most" = "very," "quite"

Jim Tucker (X)

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peer agreement (net): +7

it's a pun

Explanation:
The literal meaning is the must would find the situation very funny. But using the phrase "to be amused" allows the pun with "muse."

Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 05:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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peer agreement (net): +2

"most" = "very," "quite"

Explanation:
It's an adverb here.

Jim Tucker (X)
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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