amiable
adjective/ˈeɪmiəbl/
/ˈeɪmiəbl/
- pleasant; friendly and easy to like synonym agreeable
- an amiable tone of voice
- Her parents seemed very amiable.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- I've only met them once but they seem amiable enough.
- Fen seemed to be in an amiable mood.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
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- extremely
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the senses ‘kind’, and ‘lovely, lovable’): via Old French from late Latin amicabilis ‘amicable’. The current sense, influenced by modern French aimable ‘trying to please’, dates from the mid 18th cent.Want to learn more?
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