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  • adjective Alternative spelling of good-natured.

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Examples

  • The goodnatured Mole picked up a stick, formed his prisoners up in a line on the floor, gave them the order ` Quick march! 'and led his squad off to the upper floor.

    Matchless Valour 2009

  • The goodnatured Mole picked up a stick, formed his prisoners up in a line on the floor, gave them the order ` Quick march! 'and led his squad off to the upper floor.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • The officer was a man of fifty or so, old enough to be tolerant of officious Benedictine brothers, goodnatured enough to comply with casual demands on some minutes of his time, where he had little work to do but watch others at work, and already gratified at being spared any further fighting over La Musarderie.

    A River So Long 2010

  • A poor lookout, thought Cadfael, shaking his head, for that small, sharp, dark creature, Cristina daughter of Tudur, if she required more of her husband than a goodnatured adolescent boy, willing to tolerate and accommodate her, but quite undisposed to love.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • By strategically positioning a goodnatured hack between the celebrity and the public, the publishing industry is doing fans of the joyously cretinous a terrible disservice.

    Happy Spring! « So Many Books 2005

  • The Stampfels were goodnatured and often kind, but they weren't sentimental.

    *BD* 11 1 86 2005

  • Marsha not only looked supernaturally youthful for her age but her mind is still sharp and she's a graceful speaker with a streak of goodnatured humor.

    Archive 2007-01-01 sfmike 2007

  • By strategically positioning a goodnatured hack between the celebrity and the public, the publishing industry is doing fans of the joyously cretinous a terrible disservice.

    Happy Spring! « So Many Books 2005

  • The "Tour de Palm Springs" is a goodnatured annual charity event where anyone can ride with fellow cycling enthusiasts around the Coachella Valley in either 100-mile, 55-mile, 25-mile, 10-mile or 5-mile routes.

    The Tour de Palm Springs 1 sfmike 2007

  • The "Tour de Palm Springs" is a goodnatured annual charity event where anyone can ride with fellow cycling enthusiasts around the Coachella Valley in either 100-mile, 55-mile, 25-mile, 10-mile or 5-mile routes.

    Archive 2007-02-01 sfmike 2007

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