Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - amiable
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin amicabilis friendly, from Latin amicus friend; akin to Latin amare to love Date: 14th century 1. archaic pleasing, admirable 2. a. generally agreeable an ~ comedy b. being friendly, sociable, and congenial • amiability noun • ~ness noun • amiably adverb Synonyms: ~, good-natured, obliging, complaisant mean having the desire or disposition to please. ~ implies having qualities that make one liked and easy to deal with an ~ teacher not easily annoyed. good-natured implies cheerfulness or helpfulness and sometimes a willingness to be imposed upon a good-natured girl who was always willing to pitch in. obliging stresses a friendly readiness to be helpful our obliging innkeeper found us a bigger room. complaisant often implies passivity or a yielding to others because of weakness was too complaisant to protest a decision he thought unfair. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. friendly and pleasant in temperament; likeable. Derivatives amiability n. amiableness n. amiably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL amicabilis amicable: confused with F aimable lovable ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. любезный, благожелательный, дружелюбный sincerely amiable —- искренне дружелюбный winnigly amiable —- подкупающе любезный amiable disposition —- благожелательность; добродушный нрав 2. симпатичный; привлекательный; приятный, милый amiable child —- милый ребенок amiable gathering —- приятное общество ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj friendly and likeable (The driver was an amiable young man.) - amiably adv - amiability n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 14c., from O.Fr. amiable, from L. amicabilis, from amicus "friend," confused with O.Fr. amable "lovable." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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