amicable

[am-i-kuh-buhl]

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adjective

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

Origin of amicable

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

Related formsam·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, adjectiveun·am·i·ca·ble·ness, nounun·am·i·ca·bly, adverb

Can be confusedamiable amicable

Synonyms for amicable

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agreeable.

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Related Words for amicably

appropriately, cheerfully, favorably, happily, kindly, mutually, obligingly, peacefully, politely, satisfactorily, sympathetically, well, wonderfully, affably, affirmatively, amiably, amicably, benevolently, convivially, genially

Examples from the Web for amicably

Contemporary Examples of amicably

An SCA statement today said the dispute had been "amicably resolved".
Kate Prank Call DJ Resigns
Tom Sykes
December 5, 2013

Historical Examples of amicably

A separation, mutually and amicably agreed upon, was the result.
Henry IV, Makers of History
John S. C. Abbott
The monkey started, dropped the skin, and grinned up at him amicably.
Almayer's Folly
Joseph Conrad
So you settled the matter with Natty amicably on the spot, did you?
The Pioneers
James 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

British Dictionary definitions for amicably

amicable

adjective

characterized by friendlinessan amicable agreement

Derived Formsamicability 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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Word Origin and History for amicably

adv.

1630s, from amicable + -ly (2).

amicable

adj.

early 15c., from Late Latin amicabilis "friendly," a word in Roman law, from Latin amicus "friend," related to amare "to love" (see Amy). Cf. also amiable.