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goodnatured

goodnatured 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 goodnatured

comparativemore goodnatured
superlativemost goodnatured

Questions about goodnatured

What is goodnatured the alternative spelling of?
Goodnatured is the alternative spelling of good-natured.

Words near goodnatured in the dictionary

  1. goodmorning
  2. goodmorninged
  3. goodmorninging
  4. goodmornings
  5. goodnature
  6. goodnatured
  7. goodnaturedly
  8. goodnaturedness
  9. Goodner
  10. Goodners
  11. goodness

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