Adjective : an amiable disposition. ,an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering. From Dictionary.com.
If we really loved amiableness, then we should come to him. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Still, with all this amiableness, there is reason to think he was not a. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
I see such an amiableness in him, I prize him above a thousand worlds. '. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886] Reference
His disposition is marked by a strong sense of good-fellowship and amiableness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Letters and Telegrams to the United Nations] Reference
He was pleased with his amiableness, his correct character, his frankness, and ingenuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Hence divine goodness, which is infinite, hath an absolutely perfect amiableness accompanying it. From Wordnik.com. [Christologia] Reference
This gives, as unto us, an unutterable lustre unto the native amiableness of the divine excellencies. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ] Reference
But as they grow up their social nature may be developed, and they too may give the appearance of amiableness. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Leaders 'Meeting I was given to see the amiableness of the meekness of wisdom, which was exhibited by one of our leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York] Reference
Where a discovery is made unto and by the mind of real goodness and amiableness, the will there can close with its affections. From Wordnik.com. [Christologia] Reference
There is none of the social goods that may not be purchased too dear, and mere amiableness must not take rank with high aims and self-subsistency. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860] Reference
"What unaccountable amiableness!" she replied, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Opening a Chestnut Burr] Reference
Doulebov, with a patronizing amiableness, said again to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Created Legend] Reference
There was not a bit of sunshine in it, -- no commonplace amiableness. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter] Reference
"I am lost in admiration of the amiableness of your temper, Tom," remarked the major. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Lions] Reference
His eye was struck with the charms of her person, and the amiableness of her manners. From Wordnik.com. [Imogen A Pastoral Romance] Reference
He seemed to have a preoccupied air that somehow did not fit the amiableness of his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Border Legion] Reference
Alexander Severus, do we meet with any goodness of heart, or even amiableness of manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Caesars] Reference
They will meet him there in all the charm of novelty, and all the fascination of genius or of amiableness. From Wordnik.com. [The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin] Reference
The amiableness of this people, and the great reputation they should gain among their neighbours, are compared. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)] Reference
Under his roof, you will find little of that ease and amiableness which are to be remarked in the other societies of. From Wordnik.com. [Paris as It Was and as It Is] Reference
Young women of strong sensibility may be carried by the very amiableness of this temper into the most alarming extremes. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies] Reference
The affability of his manners, the amiableness of his temper, and the benevolence of his character, were ever conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.] Reference
That Bostwick suffered from the effects of the liquor was not, however, favourable to his amiableness and sweetness of temper. From Wordnik.com. [The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc.] Reference
There was the most perfect civility and amiableness even in the interchange of not very delicate pleasantries between the people at. From Wordnik.com. [France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889] Reference
Mr. Selden, who possessed in a remarkable degree the amiableness that he had ascribed to another, swallowed the wine and approved the toast. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is] Reference
Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker -- no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
The elegance of his poetry entitled him to the company of the wits of his time, and the amiableness of his manners made him loved wherever he was known. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II] Reference
This little story affords a striking proof, that amiableness and politeness of manners are not only pleasing, but useful, in our commerce with the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
It expresses the utmost degree of amiableness, joined with an idea, which perhaps all tenderness includes, of feebleness, softness, and want of protection. From Wordnik.com. [Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies] Reference
What I meant in hinting a doubt with respect to the object of your selection, did not imply the least impeachment of that perfect amiableness which the world. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English] Reference
He says, he expected no favour; but the great regard he has for the amiableness of your character, makes him miserable at being totally undistinguished by you. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
They may have another effect too, viz. to destroy that delusion which many persons labour under as to the innocence and amiableness of mankind in a state of nature. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
When he got here, he chatted to R---- over our lunch, with something of the simple amiableness of a child, about the wild flowers, the ways of insects, and notes of birds. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography] Reference
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