Definition of Amiability

1. Noun. A cheerful and agreeable mood.

Exact synonyms: Good Humor, Good Humour, Good Temper
Generic synonyms: Humor, Humour, Mood, Temper
Specialized synonyms: Jolliness, Jollity, Joviality
Derivative terms: Amiable, Amiable
Antonyms: Ill Humor

2. Noun. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).

Definition of Amiability

1. n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

Definition of Amiability

1. Noun. A cheerful and friendly disposition; approachable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amiability

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amiability

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ametropia
ametropias
ametropic
amfebutamone
amfecloral
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amfepramone
amfetamine
amfetamines
amfonelic acid
amharic
amia
amiabilities
amiability (current term)
amiable
amiableness
amiablenesses
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amiantaceous
amianth
amianthiform
amianthoid
amianthus
amianthuses
amiantus
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amias
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Literary usage of Amiability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Moral Education by John King Clark (1911)
"Questions: What is amiability? amiability is only another word for good nature. ... TOPIC : amiability AT HOME. Questions: Why should we make a special ..."

2. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"f In his intercourse with others nothing could surpass Leo's tact and amiability. He knew how to adapt the tone of his voice, the expression of his ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Robert and William who allow themselves to be styled Bobby and Hilly must be either wanting in self-respect or be afflicted with a weak amiability that ..."

4. The Oasis: Or, Golden Leaves of Friendship by M. J. Percival (1856)
"OF all the graces which adorn and dignify the female character, amiability is perhaps the most preeminent; the peculiar excellence of this virtue consists ..."

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