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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a nature or temperament of a specified kind. Often used in combination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition
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- adjective Having or possessing the specified
disposition ortemperament .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Best Syndication - fionaparker13 2009
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She was a good shot, could make a dress, cook a dinner, ride to hounds, and play any game; and she was what is called good-natured, that is to say, ready to do for any one anything that could be done on the spur of the moment.
The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand
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Hard-bitten, bitter-natured, sour-featured and snarling-mouthed, he was the one man, the henchman of the race, the master of the moment.
CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010
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Sometimes, when the leopards seemed better natured, Ralph even encouraged the two dogs to lie down.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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He's good-natured at heart, and he's the gratefullest mule I've ever seen in the business.
CHAPTER XXVI 2010
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Here was no streak of fat, no apathy, only a lazy, good-natured play of gloves and tricks, with a brusk stiffness and harsh sharpness in the contacts that he knew belonged only to the trained and instinctive fighting man.
Chapter II 2010
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But he did not have it in him to be angry with the love-master, and when that god elected to laugh at him in a good-natured, bantering way, he was nonplussed.
The Call of Kind 2010
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What he did do, with bristling neck-hair, was to stalk stiff-leggedly across the cage, turn about with his face toward the danger, and stalk stiffly back, coming to a pause alongside of Jack, who gave him a good-natured sniff of greeting.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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The brethren of the aggiornamentist - brotherly-love persuasion have once again shown themselves to be thoroughly ill-natured and petty.
Solemn High Traditional Mass at St Peter's Basilica - the First in 40 Years John 2009
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The mule was fat and good-natured the first day of its appearance in the arena.
CHAPTER XXVI 2010
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