amicable
[am-i-kuh-buhl]
- characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
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Origin of amicable
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appropriately, cheerfully, favorably, happily, kindly, mutually, obligingly, peacefully, politely, satisfactorily, sympathetically, well, wonderfully, affably, affirmatively, amiably, amicably, benevolently, convivially, geniallyExamples from the Web for amicably
Contemporary Examples
An SCA statement today said the dispute had been "amicably resolved".
Historical Examples
A separation, mutually and amicably agreed upon, was the result.
Henry IV, Makers of HistoryJohn S. C. Abbott
The monkey started, dropped the skin, and grinned up at him amicably.
Almayer's FollyJoseph Conrad
So you settled the matter with Natty amicably on the spot, did you?
The PioneersJames Fenimore Cooper
The quarrel between the king and the archbishop was amicably settled.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].Hartley Withers
There was much laughter at that sally, and we began to converse most amicably.
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)Alphonse Daudet
amicable
- characterized by friendlinessan amicable agreement
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Word Origin
C15: from Late Latin amīcābilis, from Latin amīcus friend; related to amāre to love
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