What does good-morning mean?
Good-morning means (ambitransitive) To say good morning (to someone).
Good-morning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Good-morning is a noun meaning (ambitransitive) To say good morning (to someone).
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To say good morning (to someone).
More Meanings
- Archaic form of good morning.
Example Sentences
Once we’d said our good-mornings, I asked if he’d been to the screaming mouth.
“Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day.” […] “Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day for pleasuring.[…]”
The orderly arrived promptly in his well-pressed loose green tunic, good-morninged cheerfully, and bustled around locating bedroom slippers and dressing gown.
She was just helping herself to kidneys at the sideboard, however, when Lady Lavinia entered. It was all she could do to suppress a sigh. Her good-morning was not entirely free of embarrassment.
Word Forms
- good-mornings
- good-morninging
- good-morninged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include morning, exertion, breakfast, human body weight, sleep onset, dog walking.
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How do you use good-morning in a sentence?
Once we’d said our good-mornings, I asked if he’d been to the screaming mouth.
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