All 3 Uses of
amiable
in
Of Human Bondage
- But presently he began to resent Rose's universal amiability; he wanted a more exclusive attachment, and he claimed as a right what before he had accepted as a favour.†
Chpt 19-20 *amiability = the quality of being friendly and agreeable
- The Vicar received him with his usual, not unamiable indifference.†
Chpt 31-32unamiable = not friendly or agreeablestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unamiable means not and reverses the meaning of amiable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- It's all very well to be jolly and amiable when you're indifferent to anyone.†
Chpt 61-62amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable