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Type Words
Synonyms good humor, good humour, good temper
Type of humour, temper, mood, humor
Has types jollity, jolliness, joviality
Derivation amiable
Type Words
Synonyms affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality
Type of friendliness
Has types condescension, mellowness, sweetness and light, condescendingness
Derivation amiable

Examples of amiability

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Jack hears not amiability but a veiled attack on his leadership and his regime.
From the forbes.com
Incarnating amiability with an undercoat of evil can be a benison to an actor.
From the time.com
This enthusiasm and amiability of the four performers held together the piece.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Dwight Eisenhower, for all his rambling amiability, was capable of vehemence.
From the theatlantic.com
Then, in a burst of amiability, the principals agree to share Genvrain.
From the time.com
It's a testament to Christensen's amiability that we don't dislike David.
From the freep.com
The bar scene rivals Cheers for its everyone-knows-your-name amiability.
From the bostonherald.com
Nor, I suspect, will the reader, by now accustomed to his amiability.
From the guardian.co.uk
Kava is used primarily at social gatherings to increase amiability and to relax after work.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Good humor: a cheerful and agreeable mood
  • Affability: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
  • (amiable) disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson
  • (amiable) affable: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"
  • (amiably) affably: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably"
  • (Amiable) Amicable numbers are two different numbers so related that the sum of the proper divisors of each is equal to the other number. (A proper divisor of a number is a positive integer divisor other than the number itself. For example, the proper divisors of 6 are 1, 2, and 3. ...
  • (amiable) Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas; Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kindhearted, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable person
  • (Amiable) (Social Style) - one of four social styles (with Analytical, Driver and Expressive) commonly used to classify salespeople and their customers in terms of their communication approach; Amiables are characterized by high responsiveness and low assertiveness.
  • (amiable) (adj.) friendly (An amiable fellow, Neil got along with just about everyone.)