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Positive character traits for fiction

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  1. 1. Accepting
  2. 2. Accessible
  3. 3. Accomplished
  4. 4. Accountable
  5. 5. Adaptable
  6. 6. Admirable
  7. 7. Affable
  8. 8. Affectionate
  9. 9. Agreeable
  10. 10. Alert
  11. 11. Allocentric
  12. 12. Altruistic
  13. 13. Amiable
  14. 14. Amusing
  15. 15. Animated
  16. 16. Anticipative
  17. 17. Appreciative
  18. 18. Approachable
  19. 19. Articulate
  20. 20. Artistic
  21. 21. Aspiring
  22. 22. Astute
  23. 23. Attentive
  24. 24. Authentic
  25. 25. Balanced
  26. 26. Benevolent
  27. 27. Big-thinking
  28. 28. Brainy
  29. 29. Brave
  30. 30. Breezy
  31. 31. Brilliant
  32. 32. Bubbly
  33. 33. Calm
  34. 34. Capable
  35. 35. Captivating
  36. 36. Careful
  37. 37. Caring
  38. 38. Centered
  39. 39. Charitable
  40. 40. Cheerful
  41. 41. Chummy
  42. 42. Circumspect
  43. 43. Civilised
  44. 44. Clear-headed
  45. 45. Clear-minded
  46. 46. Committed
  47. 47. Communicative
  48. 48. Companionly
  49. 49. Compassionate
  50. 50. Competent
  51. 51. Composed
  52. 52. Conciliatory
  53. 53. Confidential
  54. 54. Conscientious
  55. 55. Considerate
  56. 56. Consistent
  57. 57. Constant
  58. 58. Content
  59. 59. Contented
  60. 60. Cooperative
  61. 61. Courageous
  62. 62. Courteous
  63. 63. Creative
  64. 64. Cultured
  65. 65. Curious
  66. 66. Dashing
  67. 67. Dauntless
  68. 68. Debonair
  69. 69. Debonaire
  70. 70. Decent
  71. 71. Decisive
  72. 72. Dedicated
  73. 73. Deliberate
  74. 74. Delighted
  75. 75. Dependable
  76. 76. Detail-oriented
  77. 77. Determined
  78. 78. Devoted
  79. 79. Dexterous
  80. 80. Dignified
  81. 81. Diligent
  82. 82. Directed
  83. 83. Discerning
  84. 84. Disciplined
  85. 85. Distinguished
  86. 86. Dutiful
  87. 87. Dynamic
  88. 88. Earnest
  89. 89. Easygoing
  90. 90. Ebullient
  91. 91. Effervescent
  92. 92. Efficient
  93. 93. Eloquent
  94. 94. Empathetic
  95. 95. Encouraging
  96. 96. Enduring
  97. 97. Enterprising
  98. 98. Enthusiastic
  99. 99. Equable
  100. 100. Ethical
  101. 101. Exciting
  102. 102. Expert
  103. 103. Expressive
  104. 104. Extraordinary
  105. 105. Exuberant
  106. 106. Fair
  107. 107. Faithful
  108. 108. Farsighted
  109. 109. Felicific
  110. 110. Firm
  111. 111. Flexible
  112. 112. Focused
  113. 113. Forgiving
  114. 114. Forthright
  115. 115. Freethinking
  116. 116. Friendly
  117. 117. Fun Loving
  118. 118. Funny
  119. 119. Gallant
  120. 120. Generous
  121. 121. Genial
  122. 122. Gentle
  123. 123. Genuine
  124. 124. Gifted
  125. 125. Giving
  126. 126. Goal-oriented
  127. 127. Good
  128. 128. Good-natured
  129. 129. Graceful
  130. 130. Gracious
  131. 131. Grateful
  132. 132. Gregarious
  133. 133. Grounded
  134. 134. Happy
  135. 135. Hard-working
  136. 136. Hardy
  137. 137. Harmonious
  138. 138. Having Integrity
  139. 139. Hearty
  140. 140. Helpful
  141. 141. Herioc
  142. 142. High-minded
  143. 143. High-spirited
  144. 144. Honest
  145. 145. Honorable
  146. 146. Hopeful
  147. 147. Hospitable
  148. 148. Humble
  149. 149. Imaginative
  150. 150. Immaculate
  151. 151. Impartial
  152. 152. Impressive
  153. 153. Incisive
  154. 154. Incorruptible
  155. 155. Industrious
  156. 156. Ingenious
  157. 157. Inimitable
  158. 158. Innovative
  159. 159. Inoffensive
  160. 160. Inquisitive
  161. 161. Insightful
  162. 162. Inspiring
  163. 163. Intelligent
  164. 164. Intrepid
  165. 165. Intuitive
  166. 166. Inventive
  167. 167. Involved
  168. 168. Jolly
  169. 169. Jovial
  170. 170. Joyful
  171. 171. Joyous
  172. 172. Jubilant
  173. 173. Judicious
  174. 174. Just
  175. 175. Keen
  176. 176. Kind
  177. 177. Kind-hearted
  178. 178. Kindly
  179. 179. Knowledgeable
  180. 180. Leader-like
  181. 181. Leaderly
  182. 182. Level-headed
  183. 183. Light-hearted
  184. 184. Lively
  185. 185. Logical
  186. 186. Lovable
  187. 187. Loves Challenge
  188. 188. Loving
  189. 189. Loyal
  190. 190. Lyrical
  191. 191. Magnanimous
  192. 192. Majestic
  193. 193. Mannerly
  194. 194. Many-sided
  195. 195. Maticulous
  196. 196. Mature
  197. 197. Mellow
  198. 198. Merciful
  199. 199. Methodical
  200. 200. Meticulous
  201. 201. Mindful
  202. 202. Modest
  203. 203. Motivated
  204. 204. Multi-leveled
  205. 205. Nice
  206. 206. Noble
  207. 207. Nonauthoritarian
  208. 208. Nonjudgmental
  209. 209. Nurturing
  210. 210. Objective
  211. 211. Obliging
  212. 212. Observant
  213. 213. Open
  214. 214. Open-minded
  215. 215. Optimistic
  216. 216. Orderly
  217. 217. Organised
  218. 218. Organized
  219. 219. Outgoing
  220. 220. Painstaking
  221. 221. Paternal
  222. 222. Patient
  223. 223. Peaceful
  224. 224. Perceptive
  225. 225. Perserverant
  226. 226. Persevering
  227. 227. Personable
  228. 228. Pioneering
  229. 229. Placid
  230. 230. Planful
  231. 231. Playful
  232. 232. Pleasant
  233. 233. Plucky
  234. 234. Polished
  235. 235. Polite
  236. 236. Practical
  237. 237. Pragmatic
  238. 238. Precise
  239. 239. Principled
  240. 240. Proactive
  241. 241. Prodigious
  242. 242. Proficient
  243. 243. Profound
  244. 244. Protective
  245. 245. Prudent
  246. 246. Pruposeful
  247. 247. Punctual
  248. 248. Purposeful
  249. 249. Quick-witted
  250. 250. Rational
  251. 251. Realistic
  252. 252. Reasonable
  253. 253. Refined
  254. 254. Reflective
  255. 255. Relaxed
  256. 256. Reliable
  257. 257. Repentant
  258. 258. Resilient
  259. 259. Resolute
  260. 260. Resourceful
  261. 261. Respectable
  262. 262. Respectful
  263. 263. Responsible
  264. 264. Responsive
  265. 265. Restrained
  266. 266. Reverent
  267. 267. Reverential
  268. 268. Safe
  269. 269. Sagacious
  270. 270. Sage
  271. 271. Scholarly
  272. 272. Scrupulous
  273. 273. Secure
  274. 274. Self-assured
  275. 275. Self-confident
  276. 276. Self-controlling
  277. 277. Self-denying
  278. 278. Self-disciplined
  279. 279. Self-reliant
  280. 280. Self-sacrificing
  281. 281. Self-sufficent
  282. 282. Selfless
  283. 283. Sensible
  284. 284. Seraphic
  285. 285. Serene
  286. 286. Sharp-witted
  287. 287. Sincere
  288. 288. Skillful
  289. 289. Smiling
  290. 290. Sociable
  291. 291. Social Responsibility
  292. 292. Soft-hearted
  293. 293. Solid
  294. 294. Spirited
  295. 295. Sporting
  296. 296. Spry
  297. 297. Stable
  298. 298. Steadfast
  299. 299. Steady
  300. 300. Strapping
  301. 301. Strategic
  302. 302. Studious
  303. 303. Sturdy
  304. 304. Successful
  305. 305. Supportive
  306. 306. Sweet
  307. 307. Sympathetic
  308. 308. Systematic
  309. 309. Tactful
  310. 310. Talented
  311. 311. Tasteful
  312. 312. Teacherly
  313. 313. Team-worker
  314. 314. Temperate
  315. 315. Tenacious
  316. 316. Thankful
  317. 317. Thorough
  318. 318. Thoughtful
  319. 319. Thrilled
  320. 320. Tidy
  321. 321. Tireless
  322. 322. Tolerant
  323. 323. Tractable
  324. 324. Tranquil
  325. 325. Trustworthy
  326. 326. Truthful
  327. 327. Unassuming
  328. 328. Unbiased
  329. 329. Uncomplaining
  330. 330. Undemanding
  331. 331. Understanding
  332. 332. Undogmatic
  333. 333. Unflappable
  334. 334. Unfoolable
  335. 335. Unhurried
  336. 336. Unobtrusive
  337. 337. Unpretentious
  338. 338. Unselfish
  339. 339. Upright
  340. 340. Urbane
  341. 341. Valiant
  342. 342. Venerable
  343. 343. Venturesome
  344. 344. Versatile
  345. 345. Vibrant
  346. 346. Vigilant
  347. 347. Virtuous
  348. 348. Vivacious
  349. 349. Warm
  350. 350. Warm-hearted
  351. 351. Well-bred
  352. 352. Well-read
  353. 353. Well-rounded
  354. 354. Well-spoken
  355. 355. Winning
  356. 356. Wise
  357. 357. Witty
  358. 358. Youthful

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