amenity
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amenity \A*men"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amenities}. [F. am['e]nit['e], L.
amoenitas, fr. amoenus pleasant.]
The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in
respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition;
pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
[1913 Webster]
A sweetness and amenity of temper. --Buckle.
[1913 Webster]
This climate has not seduced by its amenities. --W.
Howitt.
[1913 Webster] Amenorrhea --AS
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "amenity":
accommodation, act of courtesy, advantage, affability,
agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, amicability, appliance,
appurtenance, attention, attractiveness, betterment, bliss,
blissfulness, charm, civilities, civility, comfort, comity,
compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, considerateness,
convenience, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, deference,
delightfulness, enhancement, enjoyableness, enrichment, etiquette,
excellence, extravagance, facility, fascination, favor,
felicitousness, frill, gallantry, geniality, goodliness, goodness,
graceful gesture, gracefulness, graciousness, gratefulness,
harmoniousness, improvement, mellifluousness, mellowness, merit,
mores, niceness, pleasance, pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness,
pleasurability, pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness,
polite act, politeness, proprieties, quality, rapport, respect,
respectfulness, sociability, solicitousness, solicitude,
superfluity, sweetness, sweetness and light, tact, tactfulness,
thoughtfulness, urbanity, virtue, welcomeness
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