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amiable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'amiable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Amiable [ a.]
- Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
- Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
- Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
- Done out of love.

Meaning of 'amiable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . amiable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- diffusing warmth and friendliness
Example in sentence:
  • a cordial greeting;
  • a genial host;
  • an affable smile;
  • an amiable gathering;
  • cordial relations
Meaning (2):
- disposed to please
Example in sentence:
  • an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin