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better-natured

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

Meaning of good-natured

Adjective

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

  1. Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
    • “It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children.[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John...

Questions about better-natured

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

Words near better-natured in the dictionary

  1. better-learned
  2. better-lit
  3. better-looking
  4. better-loved
  5. better-mannered
  6. better-natured
  7. better-off
  8. better-organized
  9. better-paid
  10. better-preserved
  11. better-read

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