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better-humored

better-humored is the comparative form of good-humored.

Meaning of good-humored

Adjective

good-humored (comparative better-humored or more good-humored, superlative best-humored or most good-humored)

  1. Happy, cheerful, amiable.
    • Lady Feng was at the moment having a little goodhumoured raillery with Yüan Yang, and was taken so much off her guard, that she was quite startled out of her senses.1892–1893, Cao Xueqin, translated by H. Bencraft Joly, Hung Lou Mêng; or, The Dream of the Red Chamber; a Chinese Novel, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, →OCLC

Questions about better-humored

What is better-humored the comparative form of?
Better-humored is the comparative form of good-humored.

Words near better-humored in the dictionary

  1. better-developed
  2. better-formed
  3. better-groomed
  4. better-grounded
  5. better-hearted
  6. better-humored
  7. better-humoured
  8. better-hung
  9. better-informed
  10. better-intentioned
  11. better-kempt

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