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Definition of Agreeableness
1. Noun. Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions. "He discovered the amenities of reading at an early age"
Generic synonyms: Pleasantness, Sweetness
Derivative terms: Agreeable
Antonyms: Disagreeableness
2. Noun. A temperamental disposition to be agreeable.
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Specialized synonyms: Complaisance, Compliance, Compliancy, Deference, Obligingness, Affirmativeness
Derivative terms: Agreeable, Agreeable, Agreeable
Antonyms: Disagreeableness
Definition of Agreeableness
1. n. The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
Definition of Agreeableness
1. Noun. The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. ¹
2. Noun. The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency. ¹
3. Noun. Resemblance; concordance; harmony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agreeableness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Agreeableness
Literary usage of Agreeableness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Character: Or, The History of Men of Genius, Drawn from Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1881)
"Their deficient agreeableness may result from qualities which conduce to their
greatness.—Slow-minded men not the dullest. ..."
2. History of the middle and working classes: With a Popular Expositon of the by John Wade (1833)
"Similarity of Wages and Profits—Circumstances influencing' Remuneration of
Employments—Agreeableness or Disagree- ableness of Trades—Trades requiring long ..."
3. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"The sympathy and agreeableness between a holy mind and divine truth 881 CHAP.
XII. When the prophetical spirit ceased in the Jewish church. ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... agreeableness. — L. ace. dignitatem ; see Dignity. Щ The OF daintie is the
trae popular OF form ..."
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