good natured

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Adjective

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good natured (comparative more good natured or better natured, superlative most good natured or best natured)

  1. Alternative spelling of good-natured
    • 1869, [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun], “Wanted—an Heir!”, in Daisie’s Dream. [], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, [], page 39:
      “There will be Mr. Travers, though. You must not forget him, Daisie,” put in Kitty Summers, who though one of the best natured girls in the world, was famous amongst her acquaintances for doing mild mischief, by saying the wrong thing in the wrong place.
    • 1986, Max Evans, Super Bull and Other True Escapades, [Albuquerque, N.M.]: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 185:
      He was sound as an anvil, better natured than a puppy, honest as Abe Lincoln, and, with reasoned consideration, probably the greatest all-around race horse that ever lived.