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View synonyms for amicable

amicable

[ am-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable:

    an amicable settlement.

    Synonyms: agreeable



amicable

/ ˈæmɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. characterized by friendliness

    an amicable agreement

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Derived Forms

  • ˌamicaˈbility, noun
  • ˈamicably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • am·i·ca·bil·i·ty [am-i-k, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], am·i·ca·ble·ness noun
  • am·i·ca·bly adverb
  • un·am·i·ca·bil·i·ty noun
  • un·am·i·ca·ble adjective
  • un·am·i·ca·ble·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of amicable1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Late Latin amīcābilis, equivalent to amīc(us) “friend, friendly” + -ābilis adjective suffix meaning “capable of, tending to” ( -able ); amiable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of amicable1

C15: from Late Latin amīcābilis, from Latin amīcus friend; related to amāre to love
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Example Sentences

For the record, Gerst got his wish, with Germany prevailing 1-0 in the match—and all remained amicable aboard the station.

From Time

The relationship between tech and the military wasn’t always so amicable.

The production pitted Adams’s patriots against conservatives in the Congress who hoped to rekindle amicable relations with the British and refused to declare independence without explicit protections for slavery.

Hicks said Carroll and his wife Patti agreed to an amicable separation and, according to other friends, the two divorced around 1971 but remained lifelong friends.

Jong Hyun Kim, chief executive of LG Energy Solution, and Jun Kim, chief executive of SK Innovation, said in a joint statement that they would “compete in an amicable way.”

Ours was an amicable split, borne out of practical necessity.

“It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.

The Microsoft-Ballmer split may be the rare case in which an amicable divorce leaves both parties richer.

Another, more terrible failure is that the family agreed to the “amicable solution” offered by their friends.

This dispute did not make for an amicable parting, according to investigators.

There will be an amicable settlement; and my word will be a knot in the chain of satisfactory evidence they will elicit.

Early in May amicable relations between the courts of England and Naples commenced.

In 1790 two societies were established in that city for the private and amicable discussion of miscellaneous questions.

With the rest of the Whitford society, the bride did not enter into intimate, or even amicable, relations.

You have memories and associations in common that the new-comers know nothing about, and quasi-amicable rearrangements are made.

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