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good-humoured
1. in good-humouredly to join in the sport that was giving so much
2. There was a ripple of good-humoured applause
3. ” Joel protested good-humouredly
4. ” Falcon interjected good-humouredly
5. "Oh, botheration!" returned Sydney, with a lighter and more good-humoured laugh, "don't _you_ be moral!"
6. He was an exceptionally good-humoured and candid youth, good-natured to the point of simplicity, though both depth and dignity lay concealed under that simplicity
7. And as he said this Porfiry Petrovitch screwed up his eyes and winked; a good-humoured, crafty look passed over his face
8. "I am lying?" Porfiry repeated, apparently incensed, but preserving a good-humoured and ironical face, as though he were not in the least concerned at Raskolnikov's opinion of him
9. To this hour I am lost in admiration when I recall the truly gentlemanly, good-humoured, candid tone of my letter
10. Jennings, with a thoroughly good-humoured concern for its cause, admitted the excuse most readily, and Elinor, after seeing her safe off, returned to Marianne, whom she found attempting to rise from the bed, and whom she reached just in time to prevent her from falling on the floor, faint and giddy from a long want of proper rest and food; for it was many days since she had any appetite, and many nights since she had really slept; and now, when her mind was no longer supported by the fever of suspense, the consequence of all this was felt in an aching head, a weakened stomach, and a general nervous faintness
11. The pettishness that might be caressed into fondness, had yielded to a listless apathy; there was less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed, and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid, repelling consolation, and ready to regard the good-humoured mirth of others as an insult
12. She laughed herself this time good-humouredly and then added
13. "Well, well," said Holmes, good-humouredly
14. Holmes shook his head good-humouredly
15. The Badger laughed good-humouredly and said, 'All right, Ratty! It amuses you and it doesn't hurt me
16. His appearance was very homely and benevolent, short and stout, forty-five years old, perhaps, with a round, good-humoured face, burned brown with the tropical sun, and shot with a thousand wrinkles
17. Their chatter, their laughter, their good-humoured innuendoes, above all, their flashes and flickerings of envy, revived Tess's spirits also; and, as the evening wore on, she caught the infection of their excitement, and grew almost gay
18. "Do you not think you are just a wee bit capricious, fitful, Tess?" he said, good-humouredly, as he spread a cushion for her on the stool, and seated himself in the settle beside her
19. ‘I think he can give in to an extant temptation,’ she said, more precisely than was good-humoured
20. If even this stranger had smiled and been good-humoured to me when I addressed him; if he had put off
21. Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram received her very kindly; and Sir Thomas, seeing how much she needed encouragement, tried to be all that was conciliating: but he had to work against a most untoward gravity of deportment; and Lady Bertram, without taking half so much trouble, or speaking one word where he spoke ten, by the mere aid of a good-humoured smile, became immediately the less awful character of the two
22. The proposal was a very pleasant one to William himself, who enjoyed the idea of travelling post with four horses, and such a good-humoured, agreeable friend; and, in likening it to going up with despatches, was saying at once everything in favour of its happiness and dignity which his imagination could suggest; and Fanny, from a different motive, was exceedingly pleased; for the original plan was that William should go up by the mail from Northampton the following night, which would not have allowed him an hour’s rest before he must have got into a Portsmouth coach; and though this offer of Mr
23. is very good-humoured and pleasant in his own family, and I do not think him so very ill-looking as I did – at least, one sees many worse
24. His countenance was thoroughly good-humoured; and his manners were as friendly as the style of his letter
25. The proposal was a very pleasant one to William himself, who enjoyed the idea of travelling post with four horses, and such a good-humoured, agreeable friend; and, in likening it to going up with despatches, was saying at once everything in favour of its happiness and dignity which his imagination could suggest; and Fanny, from a different motive, was exceedingly pleased; for the original plan was that William should go up by the mail from Northampton the following night, which would not have allowed him an hour's rest before he must have got into a Portsmouth coach; and though this offer of Mr
26. Her comfort in that day's dinner was quite destroyed: she could hardly eat anything; and when Sir Thomas good-humouredly observed that joy had taken away her appetite, she was ready to sink with shame, from the dread of Mr
27. is very good-humoured and pleasant in his own family, and I do not think him so very ill-looking as I did—at least, one sees many worse
28. When he saw me he cried with a sincere and good-humoured air :
29. '^t never, for instance, strike you as stupid, however gay and good-humoured he may be
30. "Just as I thought," he said, good-humouredly and jestingly
31. Two or three times, however, she could not refrain from slyly and good-humouredly reproaching him for not being open with her
32. He was a good-humoured companion, was rather stupid at his studies, but always popular
33. Then Claudia Petrovna and her husband came out, and both of them good-humouredly bantered Velchaninoff about his lawsuit
34. The disgusting wrinkles of suffering that ridged his old face were patched up and painted, and on the smooth surface, wrinkles of good-nature and laughter, and of pleasant, good-humoured cheeriness, were laid on artistically with fine brushes
35. Lazarus submitted indifferently to all they did with him, and soon was transformed into a stout, nice-looking old man, for all the world a quiet and good-humoured grandfather of numerous grandchildren
36. Andrey Filippovitch was talking with a good-humoured smile, Mr