amiable

amiable
    adj 1: disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky
           sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson [syn: {amiable}, {good-
           humored}, {good-humoured}]
    2: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
       amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
       greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: {affable}, {amiable},
       {cordial}, {genial}]
    

Amiable \A"mi*a*ble\, a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly,
   fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been
   influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to
   love. Cf. {Amicable}, {Amorous}, {Amability}.]
   1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.]
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            So amiable a prospect.                --Sir T.
                                                  Herbert.
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   2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper
      or mood; amiable ideas.
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   3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
      temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be
      liked; as, an amiable woman.
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   4. Done out of love. [Obs.]
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            Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's
            wife.                                 --Shak.
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114 Moby Thesaurus words for "amiable":
      accommodating, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable,
      approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous,
      brotherly, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby,
      communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible,
      complaisant, compliant, congenial, cordial, courteous, decent,
      desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, en rapport, enjoyable, fair,
      fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine,
      fit for society, fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendly,
      generous, genial, gentle, good, good-hearted, good-humored,
      good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful,
      gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, hearty, honeyed,
      hospitable, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, likable,
      mannerly, mellifluous, mellow, mild, neighborlike, neighborly,
      nice, obliging, open, openhearted, overindulgent, overpermissive,
      peaceable, permissive, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
      pleasure-giving, pleasureful, receptive, responsive, rewarding,
      satisfying, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social, social-minded,
      sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathique, tractable, unhostile, urbane,
      warm, warmhearted, welcome, welcoming, well-affected,
      well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
      well-natured, winning, winsome