good-natured

Example Sentences

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You won’t find any of the good-natured platitudes of a body swap comedy like “Freakier Friday” here.

From Salon

Unlike the real battle of the bands, the rivalry between the two sets of actors is entirely good-natured.

From BBC

She’s trying to appear good-natured about the whole thing, but her eyes shift nervously to the front door.

From Literature

The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a tween, my friends christened me with a new good-natured nickname: gamer geek.

From Los Angeles Times