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Recent Examples of good-humored
Ukrainians are a good-humored, industrious and resourceful people who finally achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, precipitated by the aggressive stance against communism by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.
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Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s Ardern, the graceful, good-humored leader, whose jovial nature and kindness-first approach is framed in sharp contrast to that of Donald Trump in the doc.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Like a chill senior’s valedictory address, Endgame mixes good-humored winks with a misty-eyed reverence for everything that’s come before while never wearing out its welcome.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Patriot, the posthumous memoir of Alexei Navalny, is distressing but also surprisingly good-humored and funny.
—airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024
Mangold depicts Cash in both Walk the Line and A Complete Unknown as nervy mysteries always on the edge of a breakdown, though Boyd Holbrook plays him as more mischievous and good-humored compared to the brooding Joaquin Phoenix.
—Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Gentle and good-humored, musicians Ed and Victoria Hammill have performed just about every role in the music business while living in Austin, Nashville, Tennessee; Asheville, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Like many Australians the 56-year-old is good-humored, chatty, and well disposed toward Americans.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
In a more good-humored way, the Oscar winner poked fun at his need to re-invent himself after marrying Lopez by shooting an extended Dunkin Donuts commercial that aired during the Super Bowl.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-humored
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The radical left has become more and more like the characters in a Charles Dickens novel, crammed to the seams with amiable idiots and moral monstrosities.—
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Likewise, the amiable relationship between former and sitting presidents shows that if party leaders could overcome partisanship in the name of unity and friendship, so too could other Americans.—
Adjective
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There is good-natured laughter and yelling as the kicker retrieves the ball and rolls it back to the pitcher.—
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Amid his calls for peace among all the people of the world, social media users across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and other platforms reacted with some good-natured quips.—
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His affable demeanor, a velvety game show voice and whip-smart replies garnered him loads of fans during the show’s run, which started on Discovery Channel (2005-2012) before moving to Bravo for a recent reboot.—
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Jimmy, the longtime head salesman, administers the front desk with an expert, affable approach.—
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Perry was also quite gracious when another fan in the crowd handed her an album to sign.—
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And yet when people need a portal into or proxy for spiritual awakening, Alice Coltrane’s music often becomes integral, a newfound household name, because her staggered textures are gracious enough to accommodate both the ascetic and the philistine.—
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“Good-humored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-humored. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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