amicable

[ am-i-kuh-buhl ]

/ ˈæm ɪ kə bəl /

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adjective

characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.

Nearby words

amiability, amiable, amianthoid, amianthus, amic, amicable, amicable number, amice, amicheme, amici prism, amicrobic

Origin of amicable

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin amīcābilis, equivalent to amīc(us) friend, friendly + -ābilis -able; cf. amiable

SYNONYMS FOR amicable

agreeable.

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Related forms

am·i·ca·bil·i·ty, am·i·ca·ble·ness, nounam·i·ca·bly, adverbun·am·i·ca·bil·i·ty, nounun·am·i·ca·ble, adjective

un·am·i·ca·ble·ness, nounun·am·i·ca·bly, adverb

Can be confused

amiable amicable

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Examples from the Web for amicable

Ours was an amicable split, borne out of practical necessity.
My Therapist Dumped Me|Lizzie Crocker|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.
Adam Scott on ‘A.C.O.D.,’ Love & Divorce|Kevin Fallon|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Microsoft-Ballmer split may be the rare case in which an amicable divorce leaves both parties richer.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Finally Out After a 13-Year Reign|Daniel Gross|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Another, more terrible failure is that the family agreed to the “amicable solution” offered by their friends.
A Rape Victim’s Suicide Proves Morocco’s Culture of Silence Must Go|Laila Lalami|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST

This dispute did not make for an amicable parting, according to investigators.
Beautician’s Murder a Strange Tale of Contract Killing and a Sex Change|Winston Ross|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I wish to see if we can't arrive at some amicable settlement of the suit which I have been forced to bring.
Down the Slope|James Otis
We was friends in business, and we let our amicable qualities lap over and season our hours of recreation and folly.
Heart of the West|O. Henry
And you and the Marquis had better come to an amicable arrangement with me.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I noticed that Mr Greenwood did not join in the amicable controversy.
The Club of Queer Trades|G. K. Chesterton
She had led 139 her father, doubtless, to believe that it was an amicable talk that had been going on behind the closed door.
Children of the Desert|Louis Dodge

British Dictionary definitions for amicable

amicable

/ (ˈæmɪkəbəl) /

adjective

characterized by friendlinessan amicable agreement

Derived Forms

amicability or amicableness, nounamicably, adverb

Word Origin for amicable

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

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amicable

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amicable

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