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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
The confrontations are almost always good-humored, perhaps another character being played.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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
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
The confrontations are almost always good-humored, perhaps another character being played.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-humored
Adjective
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Onstage, Wood is unhurried, an amiable man who, despite being 46, has the countenance of a churchgoing grandfather who still starches his Sunday suit.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Jerry Eisenberg, the amiable animator known for his contributions to The Jetsons, The Peter Potamus Show, Wacky Races, Fangface, Spider-Man cartoons, Scooby-Doo movies and so much more, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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When Reacher, who refuses to be addressed by his first name, Jack, saunters into the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia, the show portrays his masculinity as exceedingly powerful yet good-natured; something to be obeyed but also preserved and exalted.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Nearly left for a loss of words at Obama’s jab, Edwards warned the political icon to temper his heckling, albeit in a good-natured manner.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Lemmon’s the affable, inoffensive host for the evening.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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To his friend Bergoglio—a fellow-Jesuit, cerebral and affable, sixty-eight and healthy?—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But instead of being gracious, Trump booted Zelenskyy out of the White House, leaving the hero’s lunch on a tray in the hall, torpedoing his existential fight to save his battered country and Ukrainian lives.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Here’s a gracious one-bedroom in North Park Slope, close to the Park and Grand Army Plaza, with an elegant layout: a big foyer, with a large living room on one side, the bedroom on the other, and a kitchen in the middle.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Good-humored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-humored. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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