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Princeton's WordNet

  1. good-naturedadjective

    having an easygoing and cheerful disposition

    "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play"

Wiktionary

  1. good-naturedadjective

    Of or pertaining to a perpetual kind disposition.

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  1. good-natured

    Good-natured is defined as having or displaying a friendly, pleasant or agreeable manner. It refers to someone who is usually kind, easy-going, and cheerful, often willing to help others without complaint or expectation of reward.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Good-naturedadjective

    naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of good-natured in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of good-natured in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of good-natured in a Sentence

  1. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

    For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse -- why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

  2. Mark Twain:

    An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.

  3. Robb Leech:

    The last time I saw him it was about two months before he left and joined so-called Islamic State and we were laughing. It was very good natured, to remember him like that and then see him supposedly in this video, I don't understand that.

  4. Hazlitt:

    Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

  5. Carl Slaughter:

    He was a good kid, always good natured, and everybody has good memories of him.


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