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comparative more good-natured, superlative most good-natured
Of or pertaining to an amicable, kindly disposition. quotations examples
“It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children. […]”
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], page 22
Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181
However, the immediate howls of outrage from the industry were in many cases less than good-natured.
1964 August, “Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76