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amiable
What does amiable mean?
amiable (adjective): of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use amiable in a sentence?
- She's amiable to everybody. (Tatoeba sentence #10585980 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce amiable?
/ˈeɪmiəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does amiable come from?
From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”), from Latin amīcus (“friend”), from amō (“love”, verb).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “amiable” mean?
bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
Not quite: that's what finite means.
having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference
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of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
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lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
Not quite: that's what deaf means.
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