Meanings
comparative more good natured · comparative better natured · superlative most good natured · superlative best natured
- alternativeAlternative spelling of good-natured.
He was sound as an anvil, better natured than a puppy, honest as Abe Lincoln, and, with reasoned consideration, probably the greatest all-around race horse that ever lived.
1986, Max Evans, Super Bull and Other True Escapades, [Albuquerque, N.M.]: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 1851 more example
“There will be Mr. Travers, though. You must not forget him, Daisie,” put in Kitty Summers, who though one of the best natured girls in the world, was famous amongst her acquaintances for doing mild mischief, by saying the wrong thing in the wrong place.
1869, [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun], “Wanted—an Heir!”, in Daisie’s Dream. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], page 39
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