Both Uses of
amicable
in
Bleak House
- Next day the court is all alive—is like a fair, as Mrs. Perkins, more than reconciled to Mrs. Piper, says in amicable conversation with that excellent woman.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- All this and a great deal more the two gentlemen who have formed an amicable partnership in the melancholy catastrophe write down on the spot; and the boy population of the court (out of bed in a moment) swarm up the shutters of the Sol's Arms parlour, to behold the tops of their heads while they are about it.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(amicable) a friendly manner -- especially in a difficult situation