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
He seems relatively good-humored about the fact that his last name is most familiar because of other people who share it.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023
Which is a problem, of course, but it’s hard to get these sturdy, good-humored men to talk seriously about anything, let alone the closure of the business that’s sustained their family for nearly 90 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
“I think my security might do something if that were to happen,” said Ms. Hartley, 73, a good-humored, well-connected Democratic Party fund-raiser.
From New York Times • May 15, 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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