All 6 Uses of
amiable
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Home, home, I'll eat at home, I don't feel equal to it here, Pyotr Alexandrovitch, my amiable relative."†
Chpt 2
- Receiving this amiable greeting, he stood still in silence and with an ironical air watched his son going upstairs, till he passed out of sight.†
Chpt 5 *
- On my return two months later, I found the young lady already married to a rich neighboring landowner, a very amiable man, still young though older than I was, connected with the best Petersburg society, which I was not, and of excellent education, which I also was not.†
Chpt 6
- The priest, a shy and amiable looking little man, informed him at once that though Lyagavy had been staying with him at first, he was now at Suhoy Possyolok, that he was staying the night in the forester's cottage, as he was buying timber there too.†
Chpt 8
- They looked much more amiable, almost cordial.†
Chpt 8
- The countenance of the unexpected visitor was not so much good-natured, as accommodating and ready to assume any amiable expression as occasion might arise.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(amiable) friendly, agreeable, and likable