dispositioned

American  

[dis-puh-zish-uhnd] / ˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ənd /

adjective

1. characterized by a particular mental and emotional outlook (often used in combination).

   He's always been sunny-dispositioned.

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Etymology

Origin of dispositioned

First recorded in 1640–50; disposition ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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dispositioned

How the case was dispositioned at the end was kind of sobering.

From Time Magazine Archive

And she was so sweet dispositioned and humble sperited she didn’t want to do any different.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley

Doubt if I'll ever git another to love me ez well; 'n' don't know ez I crave it, less'n she was different dispositioned.

From Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches by Ruth McEnery Stuart

He's the fastest, the best climber, and the best dispositioned horse on the range.

From The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey

They always try to keep the Búsao or evil spirit well dispositioned.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

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