good-natured

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/

good-natured (comparative more good-natured, superlative most good-natured)

1. Of or pertaining to an amicable, kindly disposition.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:

     Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.

   • 1964 August, “Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76:

     However, the immediate howls of outrage from the industry were in many cases less than good-natured.

• “good-natured”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.