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a·mi·a·ble

(ā′mē-ə-bəl)
adj.
1. Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable.
2. Cordial; sociable; congenial: an amiable gathering.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin amīcābilis; see amicable.]

a′mi·a·bil′i·ty, a′mi·a·ble·ness n.
a′mi·a·bly adv.
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Adv. 1. [画像:amiably - in an affable manner]amiably - in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably"
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Translations
بِلَطافَة، بِوُد
laskavěpřívětivě
ælskværdigt
elskulega
hoş bir şekilde tatlılıkla

amiably

[ˈeɪmɪəblɪ] ADVamablemente, afablemente
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amiably

[ˈeɪmiəbli] adv [say, reply] → aimablement ; [chat] → gentiment ; [smile] → avec amabilité
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amiably

advliebenswürdig ; he very amiably offered to helper hat sich liebenswürdigerweise angeboten zu helfen
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amiably

[ˈeɪmɪəblɪ] advaffabilmente
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amiable

(ˈeimiəbl) adjective
likeable; pleasant and good-tempered. vriendelik, gaaf وَدود، أنيس، لَطِيف мил amável příjemný, milý, přívětivý liebenswürdig elskværdig; venlig προσηνής, ευπροσήγορος afable, amable meeldiv خوش طینت؛ مهربان rakastettava aimable חביב टहलना ljubazan kedves ramah ljúfmannlegur, elskulegur amabile, affabile 気立ての良い 상냥한 simpatingas patīkams; laipns; pievilcīgs menyenangkan beminnelijk vennlig, elskverdig sympatyczny مهربان، زړه سواند afável amabil добродушный milý, príjemný prijazen ljubazan vänlig, älskvärd เป็นมิตร sevimli, cana yakın 親切的 люб'язний; доброзичливий دلاویز ، دلکش nhã nhặn 亲切的
ˌamiaˈbility noun
vriendelikheid لُطْف، وُد، أُنس любезност amabilidade přívětivost, laskavost die Liebenswürdigkeit elskværdighed; venlighed προσήνεια afabilidad, amabilidad meeldivus خوشرویی؛ مهربانی rakastettavuus gentillesse חביבות सौम्यता ljubaznost kedvesség keramahan ljúfmennska affabilità 人好きのすること 상냥함 simpatingumas laipnība; pievilcība sifat ramah beminnelijkheid vennlighet uprzejmość مهربانی، زړه سواندی afabilidade amabilitate добродушие láskavosť prijaznost ljubaznost vänlighet, älskvärdhet ความเป็นมิตร sevimlilik, cana yakınlık 親切 люб'язність; доброзичливість دل کشی ، دلاویزی tính dễ thương 亲切
ˈamiably adverb
vriendelik بِلَطافَة، بِوُد любезно amavelmente přívětivě, laskavě liebenswürdig ælskværdigt; venligt φιλικά, προσηνώς afablemente, amablemente meeldivalt با خوشرویی rakastettavasti aimablement בְּחָבִיבוּת सौम्य ljubazno kedvesen ramah elskulega affettuosamente 優しく 상냥하게 simpatingai laipni; pievilcīgi dengan ramah beminnelijk vennlig, hyggelig sympatycznie له ښه رویه سره afavelmente (în mod) amabil добродушно láskavo prijazno ljubazno vänligt อย่างเป็นมิตร hoş bir şekilde, tatlılıkla 親切地 люб'язно; доброзичливо دلکش طریقے سے hoà nhã 亲切地
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References in classic literature ?
Lorry, in his amiably shrewd way, "but all natural and right; so, take the lead, my dear friend, and keep it; it couldn't be in better hands."
I could hardly repress a shuddering recoil as he came, bending amiably, and placed the tray before me on the table.
"Sure," said Pacifique amiably. "I got de word las' night dat my fader, he was seeck.
The conversation began amiably, but just because it was too amiable, it came to a stop again.
Simply pairs and groups of young men and women chattering amiably in front of their "bocks" or their "Americains." Here and there a student would have his arm round a waist every one else envied him.
"I often think," she continued after a short pause, drawing nearer to the prince and smiling amiably at him as if to show that political and social topics were ended and the time had come for intimate conversation- "I often think how unfairly sometimes the joys of life are distributed.
"I believe," he said amiably, "that I remember hearing the matter spoken of.
Captain Granet nodded amiably. He had made himself comfortable in an easy-chair and was playing with the dog, who had jumped on to his knee.
I was never of a forgiving disposition, I was never an amiably disposed person.
He now remembered how the Emperor, meeting him on the Nevsky, had amiably congratulated him.
She did not refer to the burning question at all, but she chatted amiably of other matters, and Gilbert understood that he was forgiven under protest.
"There, you see I am right; if you were not an old bottle your new contents would gradually arrange themselves amiably as a part of you, and the practice of your resolutions would lose its bitterness by becoming a habit."