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as in sweetness
the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others
the waitress's amiability is what makes eating at the diner so much fun
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as in friendliness
a desire or disposition to please
we had expected our rich cousin to be pushy and snobby, so we were pleasantly surprised by her amiability
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Recent Examples of amiability
No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
There’s an offbeat amiability to Easy’s Waltz that wouldn’t have been possible had nearly every actor involved not been on board with the modest aims of its filmmaker.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
There’s an offbeat amiability to Easy’s Waltz that wouldn’t have been possible had nearly every actor involved not been on board with the modest aims of its filmmaker.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amiability
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Consider a spine tingling off-dry Riesling here—a kabinett or spatlese from the Mosel with just a kiss of sweetness, perhaps.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Nov. 2025
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Kernels of fresh corn add a touch of sweetness to the bread, while yogurt instead of buttermilk, keeps the bread moist and tender.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Finance website WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities in America, looking at 19 key indicators of livability, affordability and veteran-friendliness in a new report published on Monday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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For people like Wasefi, with sisters and nieces back home, no amount of tourist-friendliness can compensate for this disaster.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
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“Amiability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amiability. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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