good-humored
Americanadjective
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Origin of good-humored
First recorded in 1655–65
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He admires good-humored, self-deprecatory attitudes and a loose, collaborative approach to problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Laura is an older woman, highly educated, actively devout, intelligent, resourceful, good-humored and a long-time resident of a community that struggles to balance its relative wealth with the neediness of surrounding communities.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025
“It’s such a gentle and good-humored book,” said Yang.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
His audience remained enthusiastic and good-humored from start to finish Saturday; the event was more campaign rally than fireside talk.
From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2023
Through most of this, Kathleen had seemed to enjoy the foreignness of it all, the exotic food and animals, and even during those periods of boredom and discomfort she’d kept up a good-humored tolerance.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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