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Amiableness

noun

A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to). Synonyms: affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality.

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"Amiableness" Quotes from Famous Books

... de marine, has a beautiful residence here. We were accidentally stopping at his gate, which was open, to view the enchanting prospects, which it presented to us, when the polite owner observed us, and with that amiableness, and civility, which still distinguish the descendants of the ancient families of rank in France, of which he is one, requested us to enter, and walked with us round his grounds, which were disposed with great taste. He afterwards ...

— The Stranger in France • John Carr

... commonly that is the cause of all that deformity and ill-favoredness that now cleaveth to us, and that rendereth us so dishonorable at our death. But now at our rising, we shall be raised incorruptible; we shall appear in such perfection that all the beauty and comeliness, sweetness and amiableness that hath at any time been in this world, it shall be swallowed up a thousand times told ...

— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

Words linked to "Amiableness" : affability, sweetness and light, friendliness, affableness, bonhomie, geniality, amiability, condescendingness, amiable, condescension, mellowness