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Goodnaturedness

Goodnaturedness

See also Cheerfulness.
Goodness (See KINDNESS.)
Booth, Amelia
good-natured heroine. [Br. Lit.: Amelia]
Boythorn, Laurence
amiable, pleasant character. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House]
Cadwallader, Rev. Mr.
pleasant and cheery rector. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch]
Cheshire Cat
imperturbable cat with perpetual grin. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]
Coverley, Sir Roger de
soul of amiability. [Br. Lit.: The Spectator, Walsh Modern, 108]
Good Joe
personification for a good-hearted, obliging person. [Pop. Culture: Payton, 278]
Herf, Jimmy
newspaper reporter as everybody’s friend. [Am. Lit.: The Manhattan Transfer]
jasmine
traditional representation of a pleasant nature. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]
white mullein
indicates amiability. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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His meticulousness loses strength, so that a kind of goodnaturedness comes out that was basically missing beforehand."
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Contrary to all the doom and gloom stories of Liverpool youth, here is a classic example of kindness and thoughtfulness towards others - a story of goodnaturedness, and a lovely gesture towards a stranger, from four good Samaritans whose names I do not know.
Letter: Aintree Angels
A medium-length, dark-colored, casual cut beamed goodnaturedness for girls.
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