Adjective : a warm, good-natured person. From Dictionary.com.
They took it good-naturedly, and said it was fair. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
"I s'pose I've got to," replied Tom good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
"Oh, that's all right!" said Betty, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
"Not a bit," rejoined the stout girl good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
"Stand back, if you please!" cried Tom, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
"O, it is no laughing matter," he said, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
"All right," answered Bert good-naturedly, as he got up. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
"Good rye grows high!" quoted Miss Webster, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
"Blessed if I know, Miss," said the Skipper, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
North has so severely, though good-naturedly, passed upon it in. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
"Nonsense!" said Mr Rawlings, good-naturedly, interrupting him. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
The young inventor good-naturedly answered them as best he could. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
In exhibiting this to the reporter Mr. Napier good-naturedly said. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
"Now, girls, we want to take just what is handed us good-naturedly,". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
"Horribly late, isn't it?" yawned that lady, nodding good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"Then run and ask," urged her friend, while Tom added, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
"Perhaps, but I find it worth being serious about," good-naturedly replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
"Your friend seems a trifle old-fashioned," observed Father, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
'Come, Joe,' said his master, good-naturedly, 'you can tell it better than I. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
'I could do nothing but look at her dress,' said Lady Falconer good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
After a tender farewell, Alfred good-naturedly follows the governor to prison. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
The girls laughed good-naturedly at Marian's evident eagerness to draw a check. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
"Well, summer is the time to work, on a farm," Richard answered good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
She heard what I had to say very good-naturedly, and, after thinking about it for. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
"Ah, you will have your jest," retorted the host of the occasion, good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
He smiled good-naturedly at the villagers, his neighbors, and he held out his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Paprika Ewer] Reference
DeAngelo Hall called in to the show's next segment to good-naturedly defend himself. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Michael defends DeAngelo Hall] Reference
He good-naturedly humored them with much superficial gossip that really meant nothing. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
They walked around him and prodded his muscles, and he smiled down upon them good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
He greeted all cordially and good-naturedly, being very fond of soldiers who had fought on the. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
"If he does," good-naturedly answered the king, "I will hang him quarter of an hour afterward.". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
It was an innocent bit of flattery, and Ingram smiled good-naturedly at the boy's ingenuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
She laughed quietly and good-naturedly bashed me on the head with her metal thermos of sherry tea. From Wordnik.com. [Yadda, Yadda, Yaddo] Reference
( "No, I don't know how many Sinhalese-speaking students opted out of the meal plan," our guide would good-naturedly reply.). From Wordnik.com. [Back In College] Reference
But Rodriguez plops down in a lawn chair, where he signs balls, bats and shirts for hundreds of fans while bantering good-naturedly. From Wordnik.com. [Ready For His Close-Up] Reference
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