- a variation of good-humored.
good-humoured
Britishadjective
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"His friendly, wide-ranging, team-oriented, good-humoured and consistently well-articulated contributions greatly enriched our discussions."
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Gadsby is good-humoured about this, and friendly and engaged.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2020
One of their signs suggested all the picnicking and lounging on the asphalt at Trafalgar Square belied their determination: “Yes, we’re polite and good-humoured, but we’re very serious,” it said.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2019
The pub I imagined embodied the virtues often associated with Ireland – kind and gentle, polite, good-humoured, and devoted to the spoken word in all its base and exalted forms.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2018
“He is just what a young man ought to be,” said she, “sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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