Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an even temper; not easily irritated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a good temper; not easily irritated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a good temper; not easily vexed or irritated. See
good-natured .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not easily
irritated ;affable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not easily irritated
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Examples
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It was at once affectionate and unsentimental, satirical and good-tempered, orthodox and highly intelligent.
It Was a Cheerful Home at the Austens' Linda 2009
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It was at once affectionate and unsentimental, satirical and good-tempered, orthodox and highly intelligent.
Archive 2009-03-01 Linda 2009
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Casson's good-tempered account of the trip in Red Lacquer Days 1956 is contradicted by Ayer's memory of the "dislike which SS Spencer and I quickly came to feel for one another".
John Chinnery obituary Frances Wood 2010
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A big, simple, good-tempered man, slow to anger, who cut his food into tiny pieces and spoke with a slight lisping awkwardness because most of his teeth had been lost to battle or age.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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A big, simple, good-tempered man, slow to anger, who cut his food into tiny pieces and spoke with a slight lisping awkwardness because most of his teeth had been lost to battle or age.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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A big, simple, good-tempered man, slow to anger, who cut his food into tiny pieces and spoke with a slight lisping awkwardness because most of his teeth had been lost to battle or age.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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Cobhar, whose name meant "foam," was good-tempered, but a sound, spirited 14-hand gelding, nonetheless, and a far cry from the brown pony.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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After hundreds of hours of DVD viewing, gallons of industrial strength coffee and a fair few good-tempered arguments with yours truly and other members of the Spec team, it has fallen to Pete to select our 50 top films.
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But I confess myself addicted to this soothing soup or ragout, its nursery friendliness, its good-tempered simplicity.
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After hundreds of hours of DVD viewing, gallons of industrial strength coffee and a fair few good-tempered arguments with yours truly and other members of the Spec team, it has fallen to Pete to select our 50 top films.
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