This is especially true if you are teased, even in a good-natured way, about your avoidance of social situations.

In a rough, good-natured way she fussed over him.

One or two of the other customers also laughed, but in a good-natured way.

I'm not sure any of them had seen such a thing before, or so they conveyed in a good-natured way.

Smiling in his good-natured way to take the sting out of the question, yes.

One of the black students snorted in a good-natured way.

Participants generally let off steam in a good-natured way, and injuries or property damage are extremely rare.

"We've bought into companies in worse places," she reminded him in a good-natured way.

He was beside her, smiling in his good-natured way.

I could hear him bullying his patients in a good-natured way.