Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - amiable

 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.