Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being good-natured; good temper.
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- noun The
quality of beinggood-natured .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cheerful willingness to be obliging
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Examples
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We had just hired a new nanny, Sezi, who was already changing our lives with her heart and good-naturedness and her sweet, loving personality.
Falling Apart in One Piece Stacy Morrison 2010
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We had just hired a new nanny, Sezi, who was already changing our lives with her heart and good-naturedness and her sweet, loving personality.
Falling Apart in One Piece Stacy Morrison 2010
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We had just hired a new nanny, Sezi, who was already changing our lives with her heart and good-naturedness and her sweet, loving personality.
Falling Apart in One Piece Stacy Morrison 2010
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We pride ourselves on the number of times we are able to say "yes" to one another even when grumpy domesticity threatens to supercede our relative good-naturedness.
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"But if you have them, I want to know my score," he said, face bearing not even a trace of good-naturedness.
Attitude 2006
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"But if you have them, I want to know my score," he said, face bearing not even a trace of good-naturedness.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Nowhere among the rounded, padded chairs was there evidence of the sharp glint of his American television persona, nor the ruddy good-naturedness of his BBC character.
Grilling Gordon 2007
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Nowhere among the rounded, padded chairs was there evidence of the sharp glint of his American television persona, nor the ruddy good-naturedness of his BBC character.
Grilling Gordon 2007
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Nowhere among the rounded, padded chairs was there evidence of the sharp glint of his American television persona, nor the ruddy good-naturedness of his BBC character.
Grilling Gordon 2007
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Your simple & silly good-naturedness is immediately recognizable, and it sets you apart in this sarcastic world.
Archive 2006-01-01 Jeff 2006
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