Amiable \A"mi*a*ble\, a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly,
fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been
influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to
love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability.]
1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.]
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So amiable a prospect. --Sir T.
Herbert.
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2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper
or mood; amiable ideas.
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3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be
liked; as, an amiable woman.
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4. Done out of love. [Obs.]
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Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's
wife. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amiable
adj 1: disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky
sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson [syn: good-humored, good-humoured]
2: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, cordial, genial]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "amiable":
accommodating, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable,
approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous,
brotherly, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby,
communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible,
complaisant, compliant, congenial, cordial, courteous, decent,
desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, en rapport, enjoyable, fair,
fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine,
fit for society, fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendly,
generous, genial, gentle, good, good-hearted, good-humored,
good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful,
gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, hearty, honeyed,
hospitable, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, likable,
mannerly, mellifluous, mellow, mild, neighborlike, neighborly,
nice, obliging, open, openhearted, overindulgent, overpermissive,
peaceable, permissive, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
pleasure-giving, pleasureful, receptive, responsive, rewarding,
satisfying, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social, social-minded,
sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathique, tractable, unhostile, urbane,
warm, warmhearted, welcome, welcoming, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
well-natured, winning, winsome
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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