Goodnaturedness
Goodnaturedness
See also Cheerfulness.
Goodness (See KINDNESS.)
Booth, Ameliagood-natured heroine. [Br. Lit.: Amelia]
amiable, pleasant character. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House]
pleasant and cheery rector. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch]
imperturbable cat with perpetual grin. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]
soul of amiability. [Br. Lit.: The Spectator, Walsh Modern, 108]
personification for a good-hearted, obliging person. [Pop. Culture: Payton, 278]
newspaper reporter as everybody’s friend. [Am. Lit.: The Manhattan Transfer]
traditional representation of a pleasant nature. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]
indicates amiability. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]
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