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[ goo d -ney -cherd ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgʊdˈneɪ tʃərd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
Origin of good-natured First recorded in 1570–80
SYNONYMS FOR good-natured agreeable, willing, cheerful, equable.
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OTHER WORDS FROM good-natured good-na·tured·ly, adverb good-na·tured·ness, noun Words nearby good-natured Goodman, Benny, good mind, good morning, good morrow, good nature, good-natured , good-neighbor, Good Neighbor Policy, goodness, goodness gracious, goodness knows
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Example sentences from the Web for good-natured Often those jokes were along the lines of long, good-natured comedic stories.
The Daily Show President: Obama's Edgy Humor | Dean Obeidallah| July 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He had to prove that Fallon's reign isn't a fluke, that late night really can be a home for the affable and good-natured .
Seth Meyers Gets Off to a Rocky Start on 'Late Night' | Kevin Fallon| February 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I offered him my hand in congratulation, and he seized and shook it like the good-natured fool he was—or pretended to be.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers| February 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Her good-natured frustration—but frustration nonetheless—is understandable.
Kate Upton, Mila Kunis: Enough With the YouTube Prom Proposals | Kevin Fallon| March 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
My good-natured sister was holding my father's hand, happily taking it all in.
The Day I Met Charles Schulz | Daniel J. Levitin| February 12, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He is a good-natured , easy-going man of middle age, and usually surrounded by a troop of children, his own and all the neighbors'.
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi | Hattie Greene Lockett
A good-natured brakeman picked her up and lifted her to the rear platform of the last car as it drew out.
Seven Miles to Arden | Ruth Sawyer
I suspected what was going on, but she didn't; having dimples makes people so soft and good-natured .
My Friend the Chauffeur | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
But Miss Sutton, with the good-natured and indomitable aggression of her genius, set this supposition at rest.
IT and Other Stories | Gouverneur Morris
The Italian profited by this advantage, nodded familiarly with a good-natured and knowing smile, and proceeded.
The Headsman | James Fenimore Cooper
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British Dictionary definitions for good-natured adjective of a tolerant and kindly disposition
Derived forms of good-natured good-naturedly , adverb good-naturedness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to good-natured cordial, good-humored, amiable, even-tempered, friendly, gracious, good-hearted, agreeable, altruistic, benevolent, bighearted, breezy, charitable, complaisant, compliant, easy, helpful, kind, kindly, lenient