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good-humored

[good-hyoo-merd, -yoo-] / ˈgʊdˈhyu mərd, -ˈyu- /


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Good-humored, large and shrewd, Ameringer's story does not idealize the proletariat, rings in no abstruse Marxian patter, no unbuttoned revolutionary blab.

From Time Magazine Archive

Good-humored General Andrews' remarks were justifiable on several counts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Good-humored, by no means ill-looking, and with engaging manners, he was the type of man of whom one would have prophesied great things.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard

Good-humored grins and rueful scowls chased one another over his face, according as he patted Parker's back or rubbed the bump on his own head.

From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Day, Holman

Good-humored compliance, tempered by a smile, is, on the whole, the best line to take; one lends one's self to an optical illusion, and the voluntary concession has an air of liberty.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.




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