Good-humour
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic form of good humour. alt-of, archaic, uncountable
"Sotherton was a word to catch Mrs. Norris, and being just then in the happy leisure which followed securing the odd trick by Sir Thomas’s capital play and her own, against Dr. and Mrs. Grant’s great hands, she called out in high good-humour, “Sotherton! “Yes, that is a place indeed, and we had a charming day there.[…]”"
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More examples"Sotherton was a word to catch Mrs. Norris, and being just then in the happy leisure which followed securing the odd trick by Sir Thomas’s capital play and her own, against Dr. and Mrs. Grant’s great hands, she called out in high good-humour, “Sotherton! “Yes, that is a place indeed, and we had a charming day there.[…]”"
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