All 26 Uses of
amiable
in
Bleak House
- — "and, cousin John, she softened poor Caroline, the eldest one, so much and was so thoughtful for me and so amiable!†
Chpt 4-6
- …however, the possession, and the only possession except fifty shillings per annum and a very small box indifferently filled with clothing, of a lean young woman from a workhouse (by some supposed to have been christened Augusta) who, although she was farmed or contracted for during her growing time by an amiable benefactor of his species resident at Tooting, and cannot fail to have been developed under the most favourable circumstances, "has fits," which the parish can't account for.†
Chpt 10-12
- Though my Lord IS a little aged for my Lady, says Madame, the hostess of the Golden Ape, and though he might be her amiable father, one can see at a glance that they love each other.†
Chpt 10-12
- His little dancing-shoes were particularly diminutive, and he had a little innocent, feminine manner which not only appealed to me in an amiable way, but made this singular effect upon me, that I received the impression that he was like his mother and that his mother had not been much considered or well used.†
Chpt 13-15
- "My amiable child," murmured Mr. Turveydrop, adjusting his cravat.†
Chpt 13-15
- She could write letters enough for both, as she knew to her cost, and it was far better for him to be amiable than learned.†
Chpt 13-15
- 'My amiable friend,' said I, 'I never have any money.†
Chpt 16-18
- After this amiable remark, his spirit soars into those enchanting regions of reflection which its education and pursuits have opened to it, and again he and Mrs. Smallweed while away the rosy hours, two unrelieved sentinels forgotten as aforesaid by the Black Serjeant.†
Chpt 19-21
- "Mademoiselle," she began, looking fixedly at me with her too-eager eyes, though otherwise presenting an agreeable appearance and speaking neither with boldness nor servility, "I have taken a great liberty in coming here, but you know how to excuse it, being so amiable, mademoiselle."†
Chpt 22-24
- "Certainly," said I. "Mademoiselle, you are so amiable!†
Chpt 22-24
- Mr. Bucket took this opportunity of entering into a little light conversation, asking me if I were afraid of fire-arms, as most young ladies were; asking Richard if he were a good shot; asking Phil Squod which he considered the best of those rifles and what it might be worth first-hand, telling him in return that it was a pity he ever gave way to his temper, for he was naturally so amiable that he might have been a young woman, and making himself generally agreeable.†
Chpt 22-24
- The rest of the cousins are ladies and gentlemen of various ages and capacities, the major part amiable and sensible and likely to have done well enough in life if they could have overcome their cousinship; as it is, they are almost all a little worsted by it, and lounge in purposeless and listless paths, and seem to be quite as much at a loss how to dispose of themselves as anybody else can be how to dispose of them.†
Chpt 28-30
- My guardian, with his sweet temper and his quick perception and his amiable face, made something agreeable even out of the ungenial company.†
Chpt 28-30
- The amiable face with which he said it, I think I shall never forget.†
Chpt 31-33
- And what does she tell our young friend but that there has been a lady with a veil inquiring at her cottage after my dear Fitz Jarndyce's health and taking a handkerchief away with her as a little keepsake merely because it was my amiable Fitz Jarndyce's!†
Chpt 34-36
- Having got over her own short narrative, in the delivery of which she had spoken in a low, strained voice, as if the shock were fresh upon her, she gradually resumed her usual air of amiable importance.†
Chpt 34-36
- he might have had amiable intentions.
Chpt 37-39 *amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
- Some amiable gardener sells them.†
Chpt 43-45
- By going home with Mr. Jarndyce for a day or two, I shall hear the larks sing and preserve my amiability.†
Chpt 43-45
- An amiable bull who is determined to make every colour scarlet!†
Chpt 43-45
- Then I went on to think, as I dressed my hair before the glass, how often had I considered within myself that the deep traces of my illness and the circumstances of my birth were only new reasons why I should be busy, busy, busy—useful, amiable, serviceable, in all honest, unpretending ways.†
Chpt 43-45
- And then would sit amiably smiling and taking no notice of the reply or would sweetly glide off into a calculation of the number of letters she had lately received and answered or of the coffee-bearing power of Borrioboola-Gha.†
Chpt 49-51
- How much less amiable I must have been than they thought me, how much less amiable than I thought myself, to be so preoccupied with my own cheerfulness and contentment as to think that it only rested with me to put my dear girl right and set her mind at peace!†
Chpt 49-51
- How much less amiable I must have been than they thought me, how much less amiable than I thought myself, to be so preoccupied with my own cheerfulness and contentment as to think that it only rested with me to put my dear girl right and set her mind at peace!†
Chpt 49-51
- Mrs. Bucket is dependent on their lodger (fortunately an amiable lady in whom she takes an interest) for companionship and conversation.†
Chpt 52-54
- He died some five years afterwards and left a diary behind him, with letters and other materials towards his life, which was published and which showed him to have been the victim of a combination on the part of mankind against an amiable child.†
Chpt 61-63
Definition:
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(amiable) friendly, agreeable, and likable