All 8 Uses of
amiable
in
Steppenwolf
- He took the room and the bedroom too, listened attentively and amiably to all he was told about the heating, the water, the service and the rules of the household, agreed to everything, offered at once to pay a sum in advance—and yet he seemed at the same time to be outside it all, to find it comic to be doing as he did and not to take it seriously.†
- He stood there and grinned as he thought what a funny, crazy, dishonest fellow I was to show my teeth in rage and curse the whole world one moment and, the next, to be falling all over myself in the eagerness of my response to the first amiable greeting of the first good honest fellow who came my way, to be wallowing like a suckling-pig in the luxury of a little pleasant feeling and friendly esteem.†
- Well, get up, so I told myself, ... dress and show an amiable disposition towards your fellow-men.
*amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
- Goethe, however, said very amiably: "It may be unforgivable that I lived to be eighty-two.†
- But he made no response, and while I, in compliment to him, or rather, to Hermine, embarked upon a musicianly justification of jazz, he smiled amiably upon me and my efforts.†
- He gave me a most amiable smile and this time a reply was accorded me.†
- When Pablo observed from my tone that I was getting excited, he at once put on his most amiable expression and touching my arm caressingly he gave an unbelievable softness to his voice.†
- "I am not anybody," he replied amiably.†
Definition:
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(amiable) friendly, agreeable, and likable