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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. disposed to please;
- Example: "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson
[syn: amiable, good-humored, good-humoured]

2. diffusing warmth and friendliness;
- Example: "an affable smile"
- Example: "an amiable gathering"
- Example: "cordial relations"
- Example: "a cordial greeting"
- Example: "a genial host"
[syn: affable, amiable, cordial, genial]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amiable
    adj 1: disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky
           sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson [syn: amiable, 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, amiable,
       cordial, genial]