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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

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

Nearby words

amiable, amianthoid, amianthus, amic, amicability, amicable, amicable number, amicably, amice, amicheme, amici prism

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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Can be confusedamiable amicable
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amicable

/ (ˈæmɪkəbəl) /

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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