unsoldierly

adjective

Definition of unsoldierlynext
as in amiable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsoldierly
  1. amiable
  2. benevolent
  3. good-natured
  4. genial
  5. easygoing
  6. cordial
  7. affable
  8. ingratiating
Adjective
  • Well, not actually tussling in a War of the Roses way; more an amiable tug-of-war on the village green before bonding over a few local ales.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Federal prosecutors allege that Chinese spies have been operating in the San Gabriel Valley, seeking to influence local political leaders in hopes of cultivating allies amiable to China-friendly policies, including opposition to Taiwan‘s independence.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of amiable
Adjective
  • Welcome to 2025—a world of benevolent AI, robot assistants, biological breakthroughs, and the general promise of the future.
    Amy Sterling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In a most benevolent gesture, Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts has invited the most prolific home run hitter in franchise history, the man who sold more tickets to Wrigley Field than the beer and the ivy, to the team’s fan convention next month.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of benevolent
Adjective
  • The video shows the situation turn from potentially dangerous to good-natured quickly.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • His family owned a peanut farm, which would become the subject of good-natured jokes throughout Carter’s political campaigns.
    Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of good-natured
Adjective
  • Cherry titrates Dylan’s outie with notes of resignation and resentment, and Turturro bolsters outside Irv — a lonely artist — with genial warmth.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Trump’s public personality is as abrasive as Reagan’s was genial, as vindictive as Reagan’s was magnanimous.
    Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of genial
Adjective
  • Two big, easygoing undercurrents are shaping 2025’s fashion trends: boho and prep.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This easygoing directness is repeated in the interior blueprint.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of easygoing
Adjective
  • Trump is known for having a less cordial relationship with William's brother Prince Harry, having regularly criticized the royal and his wife Meghan Markle since their departure from the royal family in 2020.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The modern understanding of a public concession can be traced to 1896, when William Jennings Bryan sent opponent William McKinley a cordial telegram, NPR reports.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of cordial
Adjective
  • Greg Gumbel, the affable and low-key sportscaster who for more than five decades was a convivial play-by-play voice and studio host for N.F.L. games, Super Bowls, the Olympics and, most memorably, the madness that descends on college basketball every March, died on Friday at his home in Davie, Fla.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • An affable divorcé who’s been wondering why his old friend Gi-hun disappeared.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of affable
Adjective
  • Highly personable and ingratiating but with a tough core, Walters withstood critiques about the softness of her interrogatory style with celebrities and sometimes major political figures as well.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Smith’s tone was self-conscious and ingratiating—at times, obsequious.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2022
Definition of ingratiating
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