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Definition

friendly, agreeable, and likable

amiable = friendly and likable

amiable = friendly

I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness;
James Joyce -- Dubliners

amiability = the quality of being friendly and agreeable

Well, get up, so I told myself, ... dress and show an amiable disposition towards your fellow-men.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

I refused—not because I had anything against him; he seemed a mild, amiable man.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

Mrs. Penniman was truly amiable, but she now gave signs of temper.
Henry James -- Washington Square

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

Somehow, in the broad, shadowless light of noon, the water looked amiable and welcoming.
Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

Max glanced at his father, relieved to see him nibbling on his sandwich and chatting amiably with Frigga and Helga as...
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan

amiably = in a friendly way

both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women

amiable = friendly

The inhabitants of the Humble Home were supposed to be amiable and intelligent.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

Gus rejoined us as we chatted amiably over the strong coffee,
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift

amiably = in a friendly way

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

When she saw her friend at the door, his white beard and his amiable, toothless smile, Mariam felt tears stinging the corners of her eyes again.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns

amiable = friendly

It must have been after midnight, and I was puzzled by his amiable acquiescence. He was shrewder than I, however: the moment I sat down I began to feel sleepy.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

amiable = agreeable

amiable = friendly or good

He was still smiling in the most amiable manner.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, "George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back."
Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt

amiably = in a friendly way

I am sorry, Mrs. Hedda,—but I fear I must dispel an amiable illusion.
Henrik Ibsen -- Hedda Gabler

amiable = pleasant (friendly and kindly)

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