good-natured
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++good-na·tured /ɡʊd ˈneɪtʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective KINDnaturally kind and helpful and not easily made angry 善良的，心肠好的；性情温和的► see thesaurus at nice —good-naturedly adverb
Examples from the Corpus
good-natured• Knott was kindly, painstaking, cheerful, and imperturbably good-natured.• Though normally good-natured and easygoing, Paul hated to be at a disadvantage.• Neil was a gentle good-natured chap, the type of man you instantly trust and feel comfortable around.• She's a very good-natured child.• It would be silly to try to represent the duel between the Miller and the Reeve as merely good-natured fraternal leg-pulling.• He was a good-natured man in his late fifties and we were riding in his car.• It was dominated by Franklin Roosevelt, the cunning, determined, good-natured president called forth by the crisis of the Depression.• He presents a helpful, jargon-free, good-natured speech.• She'd just gone down there to look for any good-natured sucker.good-na·tured adjectiveChineseSyllable
easily naturally kind helpful Corpus and and not
good-natured
good-na‧tured /ɡʊd ˈneɪtʃəd $ -ərd/
adjective
naturally kind and helpful and not easily made angry
—good-naturedly adverb
■ person
▪nice especially spoken friendly, kind, or polite. In written and formal English, it is better to use a more specific and interesting adjective than nice: I like Clare – she’s really nice. | It was nice of them to offer to help.
▪pleasant friendly, polite, and easy to talk to – used especially about someone that you do not know very well: I only met her once or twice but she seemed pleasant.
▪sweet very kind and gentle: Kylie’s a very caring, sweet person. | It was sweet of you to send me a card.
▪charming behaving in a polite and friendly way, which makes people like you and want to do things for you: The salesman was very charming. | a charming hostess
▪engaging interesting or amusing in a way that makes people like you – a rather formal word: She can be very engaging. | an engaging smile
▪likeable easy to like and seeming nice and friendly: Bobby was a likeable kid with an angelic face.
▪good-natured having a nice kind character and not getting angry easily: Everyone likes Mike because he’s always so good-natured.
▪great informal used about someone who you like and admire a lot: He’s a great guy! | Sue’s boyfriend is really great.
▪lovely especially British English informal very nice, kind, and friendly: All the people I met on the course were lovely. | a lovely man
good-na‧tured /ɡʊd ˈneɪtʃəd $ -ərd/
adjectivenaturally kind and helpful and not easily made angry
—good-naturedly adverb
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