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GOOD-TEMPEREDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good-temperedness mean?
• GOOD-TEMPEREDNESS (noun)
The noun GOOD-TEMPEREDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a cheerful willingness to be obliging
Familiarity information: GOOD-TEMPEREDNESS 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-temperedness" is a kind of...):
cheer; cheerfulness; sunniness; sunshine (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom)
Derivation:
good-tempered (not easily irritated)
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