good-humouredly

See also: goodhumouredly

English

Etymology

From good-humoured +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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

1. (British spelling) In an amiable, cheerful, or pleasant manner.
   • 1903, Henry James, The Ambassadors‎^[1]:

     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, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 55:

     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

• goodhumouredly
• good-humoredly, goodhumoredly (US)

Antonyms

• bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly

References

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