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What is "good humour"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
good humour
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Falconer was quiet and secretive but seemed in very good humour, laughing and talking rather garrulously.
▪ His usual good humour had vanished and his hand dropped to the dagger pushed in his belt.
▪ It was an extraordinary occasion, lively, moving, startling in its diversity and with much good humour.
▪ She remains an inspiring example to be remembered and talked of with fondness and good humour.
▪ The foreman in a fine good humour.
▪ They were in high good humour.
▪ This was either ignored or taken with good humour.
▪ To all who attended this day we thank you for your good humour and co-operation under difficult circumstances.
Wiktionary
good humour

n. A pleasant disposition or mood.

WordNet
good humour

n. a cheerful and agreeable mood [syn: good humor, good temper, amiability] [ant: ill humor]

Usage examples of "good humour".

She seemed to find his charm and good humour infectious, but it didn't infect me any: I'd done a good solid hour of constructive thinking before I'd gone to sleep that afternoon and the thinking had led me to inevitable conclusions that I found very frightening indeed.

I present Happy Hannah, four hundred and eighty-seven pounds of good humour and chuckles -- she would burst in, 'Yes friends, and I'm the living proof of how fat a person can get and still bear it gladly in the Lord's name.

It contained none of the artificial good humour or calculation she might have expected from a ruler.

When the maid had left, Terisa tried to recover her good humour by eating a big breakfast.