good-natured vs ornery

good-natured

adj
  • Of or pertaining to an amicable, kindly disposition. 

ornery

adj
  • Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. 

  • Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. 

How often have the words good-natured and ornery occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )