good-humouredly
See also: goodhumouredly
English
Etymology
good-humoured + -ly
Adverb
good-humouredly (comparative more good-humouredly, superlative most good-humouredly)
- In a cheerful, pleasant or amiable manner.
- 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors:
- He had quite the sense that she knew things he didn't, and though this was a concession that, in general, he found not easy to make to women, he made it now as good-humouredly as if it lifted a burden.
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Antonyms
- bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly
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