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- adverb In a
good-natured manner
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Examples
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If this guy only knew what was in store for him, thought Casey as she and Cooper laughed goodnaturedly at his joke.
The Athena Project Brad Thor 2010
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"Do stop calling me ma'am," she chided him goodnaturedly.
Stalling 2010
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Sometimes I still watch (I'm loyal) and yes I smile when Jerry blinks goodnaturedly and allows himself to be knocked back three steps after Elaine punches his chest with both fists and shouts "get out".
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So I was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Monday with my bud T. and of course I dragged him into every shoe store in sight, which he goodnaturedly tolerated as long as we got to buy some toys at the toy store.
I Hate Crocs PeaceBang 2006
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So I was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Monday with my bud T. and of course I dragged him into every shoe store in sight, which he goodnaturedly tolerated as long as we got to buy some toys at the toy store.
Archive 2006-09-10 PeaceBang 2006
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He said goodnaturedly in Spanish, "You're too old for this game, El Esparadrapo."
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And so, in his goodnaturedly self-promoting way, Isaac was given to observing, far and wide, that a certain conspicuous figure of the era had not yet been given his due.
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He said goodnaturedly in Spanish, "You're too old for this game, El Esparadrapo."
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The younger boys, ranging in age fromsixupward, goodnaturedly obeyed the youth and continued on their rowdy way.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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Nick laughed as goodnaturedly as one could under the circumstances and stood up.
Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997
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