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good-humored

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


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He admires good-humored, self-deprecatory attitudes and a loose, collaborative approach to problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Instead it’s something rare: a reminiscence from a remarkably well-adjusted and good-humored former child star that still manages to tell some tales about what he calls “the shark-infested waters of show business.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

He seems relatively good-humored about the fact that his last name is most familiar because of other people who share it.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

“I think my security might do something if that were to happen,” said Ms. Hartley, 73, a good-humored, well-connected Democratic Party fund-raiser.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

To offset the solitude, I joked around with Lorraine, my assistant, a hyperorganized, good-humored African American woman several years my senior who sat just outside my office and answered my phone.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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