All 3 Uses of
amiable
in
Hard Times
- She was likewise deeply apologetic for wanting the salt; and, feeling amiably bound to bear out Mr. Bounderby to the fullest extent in the testimony he had borne to her nerves, occasionally sat back in her chair and silently wept; at which periods a tear of large dimensions, like a crystal ear-ring, might be observed (or rather, must be, for it insisted on public notice) sliding down her Roman nose.†
Chpt 2.8
- Yet it was remarkable that she sat as still as ever the amiable woman in ambuscade had seen her sit, at any period in her life.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- It was his amiable nature.†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
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(amiable) friendly, agreeable, and likable