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amiable
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Definition friendly and kindly
  • She seemed an ideal candidate—attractive, amiable, intelligent and energetic.
amiable = friendly and kindly
  • It was an amiable gathering of old friends.
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness;
    James Joyce  --  Dubliners
    • amiability = friendliness and kindness
  • Well, get up, so I told myself, ... dress and show an amiable disposition towards your fellow-men.
    Hermann Hesse  --  Steppenwolf
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • I refused—not because I had anything against him; he seemed a mild, amiable man.
    Albert Camus  --  The Stranger
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • Mrs. Penniman was truly amiable, but she now gave signs of temper.
    Henry James  --  Washington Square
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • Somehow, in the broad, shadowless light of noon, the water looked amiable and welcoming.
    Sylvia Plath  --  The Bell Jar
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • 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 and kindly
  • he was an amiable if not overly insightful man,
    Alice Sebold  --  Lucky
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • Gus rejoined us as we chatted amiably over the strong coffee,
    Jim Stovall  --  The Ultimate Gift
    • amiably = in a friendly way
  • Very nice, very amiable.
    Agatha Christie  --  Murder On The Orient Express
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's.
    Markus Zusak  --  The Book Thief
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • in no sense is meet or amiable
    William Shakespeare  --  The Taming of the Shrew
    • amiable = friendly or good
  • He was still smiling in the most amiable manner.
    Arthur Conan Doyle  --  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • amiable = friendly and kindly
  • 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)
  • I am playful; playfulness is a part of my amiable character.
    Charles Dickens  --  Little Dorrit
    • amiable = friendly
  • Then he speaks slowly and with false amiability.
    Tennessee Williams  --  A Streetcar Named Desire
amiability = friendliness

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