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good natured

good natured is the alternative spelling 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...

Forms of good natured

comparativemore good natured
comparativebetter natured
superlativemost good natured
superlativebest natured

Questions about good natured

What is good natured the alternative spelling of?
Good natured is the alternative spelling of good-natured.

Words near good natured in the dictionary

  1. good morrow
  2. good morrows
  3. good name
  4. good names
  5. good nature
  6. good natured
  7. good news
  8. good night
  9. good night nurse
  10. good night's sleep
  11. good night's sleeps

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