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1 amiability
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amiability — amiable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly and pleasant in manner. DERIVATIVES amiability noun amiably adverb. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin amicabilis friendly, amicable … English terms dictionary
amiability — noun see amiable … New Collegiate Dictionary
amiability — noun /eɪ.mi.ʌˈbɪl.ə.ti/ A cheerful and friendly disposition; approachable. Syn: affability, amicability, approachability, cordiality See Also: amiable, ami … Wiktionary
amiability — noun 1. a cheerful and agreeable mood • Syn: ↑good humor, ↑good humour, ↑good temper • Ant: ↑ill humor (for: ↑good humor) • Derivationally related … Useful english dictionary
amiability — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being pleasant and friendly: affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, congeniality, congenialness, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, pleasantness,… … English dictionary for students
amiable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin amicabilis friendly, from Latin amicus friend; akin to Latin amare to love Date: 14th century 1. archaic pleasing, admirable 2. a. genera … New Collegiate Dictionary
amiable — adjective friendly and pleasant in manner. Derivatives amiability noun amiableness noun amiably adverb Origin ME (in the senses kind and lovely, lovable ): via OFr. from late L. amicabilis (see amicable) … English new terms dictionary
amiable — adjective friendly and likeable: The driver was an amiable young man. amiably adverb amiability noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
amiable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly and pleasant in manner. DERIVATIVES amiability noun amiably adverb. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin amicabilis friendly, amicable … English terms dictionary
amiably — amiable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly and pleasant in manner. DERIVATIVES amiability noun amiably adverb. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin amicabilis friendly, amicable … English terms dictionary
sweetness and light — noun a mild reasonableness when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light • Hypernyms: ↑affability, ↑affableness, ↑amiability, ↑amiableness, ↑bonhomie, ↑geniality * * * noun … Useful english dictionary