单词 | good-humouredly |
释义 | good-humouredlygood-humoredlyadv. In a good-humoured manner; genially, amiably. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] gladlyc900 blithec1000 merryOE blithelyc1175 cheerly1546 cheerily1559 cheerfully1560 heartsomely1637 genially1751 good-humouredly1753 smilingly1806 sunnily1817 riantly1821 sunnily1828 blithesomely1858 blithefully1864 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxv. 143 He stuck his hands in his sides, as he does when he is good-humouredly angry. 1786 H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson 205 The truth is, Mr. Johnson was often good-humouredly willing to join in childish amusements. a1801 G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. 29 To this Johnson, good-humouredly and sarcastically, replied, ‘That [etc.]’. 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 60/2 Mr. Lewes and she were one day good-humoredly recounting the mistaken effusiveness of a too-sympathizing friend. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 363 The Peking carters..good-humouredly revile them. 1915 New Fun 13 Feb. 14/2 The girl..good humouredly teased me for being so vain. 1992 Times 12 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/3 One of the strangest sights in racing is that of the jockeys chatting good-humouredly together in the starting stalls before the beginning of a big race. 2010 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. 12 Clyde patiently and good-humoredly coaxes his friend toward mastery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1753 |
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