amicable
characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
Origin of amicable
1Other words for amicable
Other words from amicable
- am·i·ca·bil·i·ty [am-i-kuh-bil-i-tee], /ˌæm ɪ kəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, am·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
- am·i·ca·bly, adverb
- un·am·i·ca·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·am·i·ca·ble, adjective
- un·am·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with amicable
- amiable, amicable
Words Nearby amicable
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How to use amicable in a sentence
For the record, Gerst got his wish, with Germany prevailing 1-0 in the match—and all remained amicable aboard the station.
The relationship between tech and the military wasn’t always so amicable.
Why business is booming for military AI startups | Melissa Heikkilä | July 7, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewThe production pitted Adams’s patriots against conservatives in the Congress who hoped to rekindle amicable relations with the British and refused to declare independence without explicit protections for slavery.
’1776’ — not ‘Hamilton’ — is the musical that best portrays the Founders | Zachary Clary | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostHicks said Carroll and his wife Patti agreed to an amicable separation and, according to other friends, the two divorced around 1971 but remained lifelong friends.
Prominent LGBTQ nightlife figure Allen Carroll dies at 79 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | April 20, 2021 | Washington BladeJong Hyun Kim, chief executive of LG Energy Solution, and Jun Kim, chief executive of SK Innovation, said in a joint statement that they would “compete in an amicable way.”
South Korean battery makers reach last-minute settlement | Steven Mufson | April 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Ours was an amicable split, borne out of practical necessity.
“It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThere will be an amicable settlement; and my word will be a knot in the chain of satisfactory evidence they will elicit.
Alone | Marion HarlandEarly in May amicable relations between the courts of England and Naples commenced.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanIn 1790 two societies were established in that city for the private and amicable discussion of miscellaneous questions.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieWith the rest of the Whitford society, the bride did not enter into intimate, or even amicable, relations.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeYou have memories and associations in common that the new-comers know nothing about, and quasi-amicable rearrangements are made.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for amicable
/ (ˈæmɪkəbəl) /
characterized by friendliness: an amicable agreement
Origin of amicable
1Derived forms of amicable
- amicability or amicableness, noun
- amicably, adverb
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