All 5 Uses of
amiable
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 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 1amiable = 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 2amiability = the quality of being friendly and agreeable
- an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition
Chpt 6 *amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable