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GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good-humouredness mean?
• GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS (noun)
The noun GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a cheerful willingness to be obliging
Familiarity information: GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cheerful willingness to be obliging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
good-humoredness; good-humouredness; good-naturedness; good-temperedness
Hypernyms ("good-humouredness" is a kind of...):
cheer; cheerfulness; sunniness; sunshine (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom)
Derivation:
good-humoured (disposed to please)
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