good-humouredly

good-humouredly

See also: goodhumouredly

English

Etymology

good-humoured +‎ -ly

Adverb

good-humouredly (comparative more good-humouredly, superlative most good-humouredly)

1. (British spelling) 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.

   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎:

     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

• good-humoredly

Antonyms

• bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly

References

• “good-humouredly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.