amicable

[ am-i-kuh-buhl ]

/ ˈæm ɪ kə bəl /

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adjective

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

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

ami, 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 amicably

An SCA statement today said the dispute had been "amicably resolved".
Kate Prank Call DJ Resigns|Tom Sykes|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"You would make a first-class picture,—the lot of you," commented Phil, amicably.
Vagabondia|Frances Hodgson Burnett
"She can hold her own—I am glad of that," Mr. Langton grunts, amicably.
Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
At the same time he sent a special commissioner, Ke-Ying, "amicably to regulate the commerce with foreign merchants at Canton."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

Most of the difficulties were amicably settled, one exception.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3|Joseph Smith
Clancy and Case going gunning together as amicably as if they had never squabbled over a sutler's bill.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras|Charles King

British Dictionary definitions for amicably

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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