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Definition
a state of friendly relations- If we cannot be close friends, we can at least live in amity.
amity = a state of friendly relations
- That in alliance, amity, and oaths,Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 1
- For nearly half a century after the arrival of the English the red men showed themselves generally inclined to peace and amity.Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
- The kindness of Amity will comfort us for a while, though we can't stay there forever.Veronica Roth -- Divergent
- The Amity aren't supposed to argue.Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- There may as well be amity and life
'Tween snow and fire as treason and my love.William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice - How in one house
Should many people, under two commands,
Hold amity?William Shakespeare -- King Lear - To hold you in perpetual amity, To make you brothersWilliam Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra
- It drew maps with avenues a hundred yards wide and thought seriously of preserving the half-ruined Museum of Science and Industry more or less as it was, as a monument to the disaster, and naming it the Institute of International Amity.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- They will be governed by mutual interest, and will cultivate a spirit of mutual amity and concord.Hamilton, Alexander -- Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
- In sign of league and amity with thee.Shakespeare, William -- King Richard III
- If not amity, at least neutrality must obtain.London, Jack -- White Fang
- What is so excellent as strict relations of amity, when they spring from this deep root?Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Essays, Second Series
- The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.Shakespeare, William -- History of Troilus and Cressida
- Let in that amity which you have made;Shakespeare, William -- King John
- The proffered amity of such a friend?Sophocles -- Oedipus At Colonus
- When all had smoked, it was considered that an assurance of good faith and amity had been interchanged.Irving, Washington -- Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
- Amity had existed between him and Steward, for they had sat at table, and drunk together.London, Jack -- Michael, Brother of Jerry
- And away they would go, their voices, still conversing with excessive amity, being heard moving all round the harbour.Conrad, Joseph -- The Mirror of the Sea
- There may as well be amity and lifeShakespeare, William -- The Merchant of Venice
amity = the group of people to whom it is most important to be friendly and live in peace
amity = people to whom it is most important to be friendly and live in peace
amity = friendly relations
amity = a state of friendly relations
amity = a state of friendly relations
amity = a state of friendly relations