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Definition of Good-humored
1. Adjective. Disposed to please. "An amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"
Similar to: Good-natured
Derivative terms: Amiability, Amiability, Amiableness, Good-humoredness, Good-humouredness
Definition of Good-humored
1. Adjective. happy, cheerful, amiable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-humored
Literary usage of Good-humored
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1890)
"... THE good-humored CLUB. BY 8m RICHARD STEELE. [SiR RICHARD STEELE, Irish
essayist, dramatist, and politician, was a native of Dublin, where his father, ..."
2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"an arm," resumes Wilkins, his dusky, twinkling, good-humored eyes, glancing
sideways at the young Udy. She really wants to get out here. ..."
3. History of the Second War Between the United States of America and Great by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1852)
"On a throne he was a good- humored pigmy, entirely out of his natural sphere.
And he forfeited that to which his brother-in-law raised him even more by ..."
4. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"I have often admired what charms she discovered in that awkward booby, till I
talked with a person that was acquainted with the intrigue. THE good-humored ..."
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