"funsome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more funsome [comparative], most funsome [superlative]
Etymology: From fun + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fun|some}} fun + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} funsome (comparative more funsome, superlative most funsome)
  1. Marked by fun; enjoyable; amusing; entertaining Synonyms: fun-some
    Sense id: en-funsome-en-adj-98OWn4vL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "ref": "2014, Pepper Winters, Destroyed",
          "text": "He'd asked for more hookers, and I slapped him playfully. As much as I didn't want to admit—I liked Oscar. He'd called me a whore and grabbed my boob, but beneath the brash exterior lurked a fun-some surfer whose blue eyes caused one or two wings of attraction in my stomach.",
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