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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 obligingplay

  Familiarity information: GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS (noun)


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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