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good nature

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good nature
n.
A cheerful, obliging disposition.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
good will, goodwill, grace - a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished"
forbearance, longanimity, patience - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
easygoingness - being without worry or concern
risibility - a disposition to laugh
ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition


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And that disgusting good nature, which every one likes him for and praises--I hate that good nature of his," she thought.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The old count's hospitality and good nature, which struck one especially in Petersburg as a pleasant surprise, were such that Prince Andrew could not refuse to stay to dinner.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
His enemy, he now remembered, was a fellow of great good nature - endless good nature - with a boy; why not with a man?
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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