goodnatured

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goodnatured (comparative more goodnatured, superlative most goodnatured)

  1. Alternative spelling of good-natured
    • 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 3, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 [] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 34:
      There is at times said he—a little self-importance—but it is not offensive;—& there are moments, there are points, when her Love of Money is carried greatly too far. But she is a goodnatured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman,—a very obliging, friendly Neighbour; a chearful, independant, valuable character.—and her faults may be entirely imputed to her want of Education.