amiable
adjective
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable.
amiability
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a word derived from
amiable.
Example Sentences
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Looking like a junior professor in his crisp jeans, vest and nerdy-trendy red-framed eyeglasses, Mr. Guimarães has an easygoing amiability that makes his invitations to participate in the show feel like casual outreaches to friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The verbal dexterity, the charm, the wit, the amiability that the always-a-bridesmaid-never-a-bride kind of woman used to impress and dazzle.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026
What relevance remains rests in its hosts’ amiability and incisive commentary.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
Guillermo Cienfuegos, who directed Rogue Machine’s superb production of “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” leans into the strangeness of “Evanston” without losing sight of the delicate amiability that marks the characters’ twisted behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
I sensed some ingredient missing from his usual amiability.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
