All 5 Uses

amiable
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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So your grave, middle-aged family practitioner vanishes into thin air, my dear Watson, and there emerges a young fellow under thirty, amiable, unambitious, absent-minded, and the possessor of a favourite dog, which I should describe roughly as being larger than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff.†
Chpt 1

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
As to the adjectives, I said, if I remember right, amiable, unambitious, and absent-minded.†
Chpt 1
It is my experience that it is only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only an unambitious one who abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room.†
Chpt 1
Though Sir Charles had resided at Baskerville Hall for a comparatively short period his amiability of character and extreme generosity had won the affection and respect of all who had been brought into contact with him.†
Chpt 2

amiability = the quality of being friendly and agreeable
an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition
Chpt 6 *

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable

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