good-humouredly
See also: goodhumouredly
English
Etymology
From good-humoured + -ly.
Adverb
good-humouredly (comparative more good-humouredly, superlative most good-humouredly)
- (British spelling) In an amiable, cheerful, or pleasant 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.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 55:
- Challenger slapped his colleague good-humouredly upon the shoulder.
- 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The Glasgow debacle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 66:
- The Glaswegians bore good-humouredly the mishaps which occasionally disrupted the services during the first month.
Alternative forms
Antonyms
- bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly
References
- “good-humouredly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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