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a friendly manner — especially in a difficult situation

It was an amicable divorce.

The two countries have a productive and amicable relationship.
Although we disagree, I think we can reach an amicable compromise.
They've split as amicably as possible.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss

amicably = in a friendly manner

Their conversation had begun amicably enough, a simple discussion of who would take care of the cat while they were both out of town: she in Indianapolis for a concert, he in Lexington to help his mother.
Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter

amicably = in a friendly manner

Her other affairs had ended differently, swiftly or slowly, amicably or not, but none with this element of uneasiness.
Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
She says it's because their divorce is amicable (um, no) and Seany and I need a father figure in our lives, but all they ever do is fight.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
Still, when the tape ended, she had forced herself to sit down and count up her affairs—short-lived and long, passionate and detached, bitter and amicable—over the years.
Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
They parted amicably, and Smith went, of all places, to the East, signing on as trainer for cosmetic queen Elizabeth Arden Graham.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
[Malone and Ramsden go out very amicably through the little gate.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
Arya said, "I would hope that the two. of you could come to an amicable agreement, and—".
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance
Dinner's in the fridge," she said in a slightly more amicable tone.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
" The guests offer an amicable laugh at Hilly's plug.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
Far from amicably, it appears.
Henrik Ibsen -- Hedda Gabler
'That's quite true, Madame Mantalini,' said Miss Knag, with whom her late employer had secretly come to an amicable understanding on this point.
Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
I said, reaching over and shaking his shoulder amicably as I thought.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
Jim told me he had been received at first with an abject display of the most amicable sentiments.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
The reunion of the Adamses and Jefferson in New York was appropriately amicable.
David McCullough -- John Adams
Colonel Cathcart demanded, and then smiled amicably.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Tita's entrance stopped the discussion and forced them to try to begin a conversation in a more amicable tone.
Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate

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