All 12 Uses of
amiable
in
The American
- But all that he was he was by instinct and not by theory, and the amiability of his character was so great that certain of the aristocratic virtues, which in some aspects seem rather brittle and trenchant, acquired in his application of them an extreme geniality.†
Chpt 7
- Newman listened to him with his impartial smile, and was glad, for his own sake, that he had fine feelings; but he mentally repudiated the idea of a Frenchman having discovered any merit in the amiable sex which he himself did not suspect.†
Chpt 7 *
- And this was the starting-point of a speculative theory, in his mind, that the late marquis had been a very amiable foreigner, with an inclination to take life easily and a sense that it was difficult for the husband of the stilted little lady by the fire to do so.†
Chpt 10
- The ball was very pretty, and every one very amiable.†
Chpt 12
- "I am only waiting for my invitation to accept it," and she glanced with amiable confidence at Newman.†
Chpt 14
- He repaired to the house in the Rue St. Roch which bore the recorded number, and observed in a neighboring basement, behind a dangling row of neatly inflated gloves, the attentive physiognomy of Bellegarde's informant—a sallow person in a dressing-gown—peering into the street as if she were expecting that amiable nobleman to pass again.†
Chpt 15
- As he sat and watched his amiable and clever companion going through his excellent repast with the delicate deliberation of hereditary epicurism, the folly of so charming a fellow traveling off to expose his agreeable young life for the sake of M. Stanislas and Mademoiselle Noemie struck him with intolerable force.†
Chpt 17
- I don't say you are the most useful man in the world, or the cleverest, or the most amiable.†
Chpt 17
- We have not the slightest objection to seeing you, as an amiable foreigner, and we have every reason for not wishing to be eternally separated from my sister.†
Chpt 18
- His countenance, by daylight, had a sort of amiably saturnine cast; he had a very large thin nose, and looked like a Spanish picture.†
Chpt 19
- I thought it at the best an amiable delusion.†
Chpt 25
- His face being now presented to our hero, the latter recognized the irregular features, the hardly more regular complexion, and the amiable expression of Lord Deepmere.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(amiable) friendly, agreeable, and likable