good sort

good sort
• a good sort
• a nice sort
• a jolly sort
• a shy sort
• a timid sort
a likeable, friendly person a bad lot -- a bad or wicked person

"Alice wasn't perfect," Joe Lampton said. "But who is? She was a jolly good sort, and I'm going to miss her very much." (J. Braine)

You know, people are often frightened of Mummy. She's a bit overwhelming, but she's a good sort really. (J. Braine)

An attractive man, with his crisp dark hair, brown complexion, little dark moustache and rather high soft voice; a good sort, energetic and upright-looking. (J. Galsworthy)

It wouldn't have been very nice for the Davidsons to have to mix with all that bad lot in the smoking-room. (W. S. Maugham)

I've always been a lonely sort, and now I've got you, I've found a part of me that was missing all the time. (D. Cusack)


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