agreeableness

[ uh-gree-uh-buhl-nis ]

noun

1. the state or condition of being pleasing or likeable:

   He was generally liked for his agreeableness, good manners, and excellent spirits.

   A well-trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agreeableness¹

agreeable ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

Similarly, conscientiousness and agreeableness scores also declined among middle-aged adults in 2021 and early 2022, but the drop wasn’t nearly as steep as the one observed among young adults.

From Science News

These traits include openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability.

From MIT Technology Review

In other words, I think grit is trait-like in the same way that extroversion or agreeableness or open-mindedness might be trait-like, in that people carry this tendency with them in life.

From Freakonomics

In kindergarten, agreeableness is indeed an asset—and the extroverts are the good students.

From The Daily Beast

That may be; but where you find one handsomer face than his, you see a thousand destitute of its intelligence and agreeableness.

From Project Gutenberg

He reveals every day some new trait of interest or agreeableness.

From Project Gutenberg

By their beauty and their agreeableness they charmed Burns, and did much to make his visit delightful.

From Project Gutenberg

For agreeableness of conversation there is nothing in New York at all comparable to our institution.

From Project Gutenberg

It is true, also, that Thackeray approached "society" rather to satirize it than to set forth its agreeableness.

From Project Gutenberg