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is recorded as a sentence adverb from the 1960s, and is now common:

Interestingly, what exercises Lord Chalfont is not the existence of nuclear weapons, an existence which, he says, cannot be repealed—Martin Amis, 1987.

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Definition: appealing, entertaining
Antonyms: boring, dull, unexciting, uninteresting, unstimulating

In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of ‘annoying’, or ‘difficult’, or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times”. Oppose trivial, uninteresting.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Arousing or holding the attention.

The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul. — Alexandra Stoddard Source: Gracious Living in a New World

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - interessant

Nederlands (Dutch)
interessant

Français (French)
adj. - intéressant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - interessant

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενδιαφέρων, που παρουσιάζει ενδιαφέρον

Italiano (Italian)
interessante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - interessante

Русский (Russian)
интересный, важный, волнующий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - interesante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - intressant, underhållande, tänkvärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有趣的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有趣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흥미 있는, (고어)임신하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 興味を起こさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتع, مفيد, مهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעניין, מרתק‬

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