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good-humored

ADJECTIVE
  1. disposed to please
    an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin

How To Use good-humored In A Sentence

  • The story might have him playing an effete easterner converted into a "real" American by the Old West, or demonstrating manly American virtues in decadent Europe or corrupt Latin America, or good-humoredly asserting American common sense in response to vogues like health faddism or pacifism, but in all these plots he was the exact same wholesome, attractive fellow he had always been. The Silent Superstar
  • It was not an unhandsome face, though generally the expression it wore was one of good-humored dissatisfaction with life in general.
  • In his review of Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City, Hari Kunzru maintains that what separates this novel from the postmodern novels Lethem clearly admires is that "it’s too good-humored to attain real satiric bite and is often content to drop a name instead of wrestling with the slippery ideas that might make Lethem’s heroes worthy of a true fan’s regard. The Reading Experience
  • It seemed the whole city was en fate as rival supporters with all manner of blue-and-white manifestations chaffed one another good-humoredly and cheered loudly.
  • Speed entertains with the frolicsome and playful musical antics delivered through ‘good-humored’ chirpy lyrics and hip-shaking thrusting musical impact.
  • In the same way, to be good-humored and well-behaved, I need to make sure I have my coffee, my cell-phone charger, my constant snacks and my eight hours of sleep. Gretchen Rubin: Treat Yourself Like A Toddler
  • Previous to this affair my father, from all I can learn, had been a good-humored and light-hearted man, the ringleader in all fun at cornhuskings and Christmas buffoonery.
  • In response, he'd been unendingly affectionate and obnoxiously good-humored. NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE
  • Vincent was a nice kid - loyal, dutiful and good-humored.
  • He was a powerful man, with a good-humored face, and, in spite of his unfelicitous nickname of Openings in the Old Trail
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