good-natured.

Friendly and tolerant without being easily annoyed.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• good-natured teasing
• good-natured dispute

On the page

Good-natured teasing kept the long wait bearable.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more good-natured; superlative most good-natured when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.