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amiable
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The Goldfinch
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His ruddy cheeks and his long, old-fashioned nose, in combination with the prematurely white hair, gave him the amiable look of a lesser founding father, some minor member of the Continental Congress teleported to the twenty-first century.†
p. 78.9

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
Hobie was amiably silent, reaching for his wine glass without taking his eyes off me.†
p. 205.5 *

amiably = in a friendly way
slapping me on the back, pouring me shots, offering me food, offering me Marlboros, shouting amiably at me in Russian without apparent expectation of reply— Hand on my shoulder.†
p. 545.3
How long's he here for?" he repeated amiably when I didn't answer—he couldn't see my face, staring out horrified into the street.†
p. 560.9
I asked amiably, looking between them.†
p. 570.1
His answering look was amiable and drowsy.†
p. 578.5

amiable = friendly, agreeable, and likable
Cozily, he slipped one arm through hers, and with the other reached over and patted her on the hand: a little Puritan-looking devil of a man, thin, amiable, spry.†
p. 624.6
Anyway," he said amiably, pouring part of his own beer into my half-empty glass.†
p. 651.9

amiably = in a friendly way
"Ah, beautiful," said Gyuri amiably, leaning in to look at my right side.†
p. 672.6
Amiably I got up— swaying happily on air, supporting myself on bits of furniture as I walked —and smiled at the girl in the door: blonde, shy-seeming, offering me my clothes wrapped in plastic.†
p. 692.3

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