amiability
- noun
- /ˌeɪmiˈæbɪlɪti/
- Her amiability made everyone feel welcome at the party.
Examples
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The participants created a comfortable, homey UCC environment, increased service quality and efficiency, built professionalism, and displayed the qualities of amiability, accessibility, friendliness, and high efficiency.
Academic text (2012) -
Her eyes were wide with her usual amiability.
Fiction book (2002) -
With the same amiability one tolerates only from a very dear and close friend.
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His soft amiability is not hypocritical.
Fiction book (1991) -
Luckily for them, Himanshu is by his very disposition a correct mixture of amiability and authority.
Blog text (30) -
He looked untrustworthy, but he had the amiability every bartender should have, which most don't.
Academic text (2009) -
Despite his serious job, his amiability endeared him to his colleagues.
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The amiability of the volunteers helped create a friendly atmosphere at the event.
Synonyms
Friendly and generous actions that help or comfort other people
A kind and pleasant way of treating other people
A cheerful, pleasant mood that makes people feel relaxed
How pleasant and friendly someone or something seems to other people
Being pleasant and friendly so people enjoy your company
A kind and polite way of treating other people
Being kind, polite, and generous to other people
A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable
A friendly, cheerful manner that makes people feel relaxed
A friendly, gentle way that makes people feel comfortable
A friendly, attractive way of behaving that makes people like you
The quality of being friendly and easy to talk to
A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome
Being friendly, generous, and caring to other people
Feeling cheerful and pleasant with other people
A pleasant, friendly quality of someone who often says yes to others
Being friendly, kind, and easy to get along with
A friendly, pleasant way of acting that makes others feel comfortable
Being friendly and easy to talk to
Being friendly and pleasant so people enjoy being with you
A kind, friendly attitude that wants to help others
A friendly, pleasant way of behaving that avoids conflict
A friendly, pleasant way of acting that avoids quarrels
Antonyms
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word amiability comes from an old Latin word amare meaning 'to love', and you can see the same root in the English word amiable. So amiability is the quality of being warm and friendly, like someone who shows a little 'love' or kindness to others.