Amicable
['æmɪkəb(ə)l] or ['æmɪkəbl]
Definition
(a.) Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.
Edited by Eileen
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Friendly, brotherly, fraternal, harmonious, cordial, neighborly, peaceable, kind.
Inputed by Julio
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Friendly, propitious, favorable, kind, cordial, neighborly, sociable
ANT:Unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, unkind, cold, distant, antagonistic,hostile, adverse
Inputed by Effie
Definition
adj. friendly.—ns. Amicabil′ity Am′icableness.—adv. Am′icably.
Edited by Donnie
Examples
- She answered him with a smile, and they went on together in the most amicable manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- How I managed it, or what possessed me, he, for his part, did not know; but with whatever pacific and amicable intentions a person accosted me--crac! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Await a piercing shriekan angry threat, and welcome an amicable greeting, a low kind whisper. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Donnie