agreeable

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature“Is the plan agreeable to you?”“he's an agreeable fellow”“My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me — Disraeli”“an agreeable manner”
  2. in keeping“salaries agreeable with current trends”“plans conformable with your wishes”“expressed views concordant with his background”Synonyms: accordantconformableconsonantconcordant
  3. prepared to agree or consent“agreeable to the plan”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Agreeable \A*gree"a*ble\, a. [F. agr['e]able.]

1.Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. [1913 Webster]

A train of agreeable reveries.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

2.Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]

3.Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with. [1913 Webster]

That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.— L'Estrange.[1913 Webster]

4.In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant. [1913 Webster]

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