Amiability

Word AMIABILITY
Character 10
Hyphenation a mi a bil i ty
Pronunciations /eɪ.mi.ʌˈbɪl.ə.ti/

Definitions and meanings of "Amiability"

What do we mean by amiability?

Friendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Amiability

The word "amiability" in example sentences

The rage of Cuttikins at this interruption was considerable; he looked at me as if he could have eaten me raw, and remarked with a concentrated spleen, 'Well, I must say, never did I see any human being so improved in amiability as you are. ❋ Unknown (1883)

But without a doubt, the main reason for his amiability was the immense improvement that had taken place in Purdy: it was noticeable even as the latter entered the drawing-room. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Love is a terrible thing -- quite different from amiability, which is sometimes confused with it. ❋ Nellie L. McClung (1912)

"It is not to be called amiability, it is her duty; a slave does not dictate to a master." ❋ Alexandre Dumas P��re (1836)

The amiability is the author's and it is the amiability of the measured Augustan, who sees life steadily, sees it whole and gets a jolly good laugh out of it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My amiability, which is in many cases the result of indifference; my indulgency, which is sincere enough, and is due to the fact that I see clearly how unjust men are to one another; my conscientious habits, which afford me real pleasure, and my infinite capacity for enduring ennui, attributable perhaps to my having been so well inoculated by ennui during my youth that it has never taken since, are all to be explained by the circle in which I lived, and the profound impressions which I received. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1897)

That the situation could have been allowed to reach such a point in Brazil, the country of "amiability" and "non-violence in politics" should prompt any leaders not yet entirely blinded by the "battle against subversion" to try to save their country's reputation. ❋ Flores, Ilha Das (1970)

The mere absence of rocks gave the soil a kind of amiability and generosity, and the absence of natural boundaries gave the spirit a wider range. ❋ Unknown (1915)

It should be noted here that one of the bitterest of tongues could not help doing homage to Oscar Wilde's "amiability": Whistler even preferred to call him "amiable and irresponsible" rather than give his plagiarism a harsher attribute. ❋ Harris, Frank (1910)

So they talked desultorily and with that arms-length amiability which is the small currency of polite conversation between two strange women, and Mrs. Singleton Corey laid aside her dignity with her fur-lined coat, and made tea for them -- since Kate could not walk. ❋ B. M. Bower (1905)

The amiability which is supposed to wait upon generous proportions proved to be a characteristic of this equine Goliath, for at Lem's approach he cocked his ears and turned his head with marked friendliness. ❋ Anna Fuller (1884)

In that joyful season, when having pleased your eyes and secured your hearts, your fair brides, with that amiability which is one of the peculiar characteristics of their sex, are anxious to please all the world, and from no other motive than that _your_ choice should be admired, beware of entering Paris, except _en passant_. ❋ Marguerite Blessington (1819)

I can’t be put off with amiability, which is always the excuse people are making for the existence of plain people. ❋ Unknown (2004)

You know we're both amiable in our own sense-in our own senses, and I think that, basically, you know, us together produces a force of, uh, amiab-amiability which is, ahh, a synergical force of amiability ❋ Unknown (2009)

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