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Agreeable

[uh-gree-uh-buhl]

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adjective

to one's liking; pleasing: agreeable manners; an agreeable sensation.

willing or ready to agree or consent: Are you agreeable to my plans for Saturday?

suitable; conformable (usually followed by to): practice agreeable to theory.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English agreable < Anglo-French. See agree, -able

Related forms

a·gree·a·bil·i·ty, a·gree·a·ble·ness, noun

a·gree·a·bly, adverb

Synonyms
1. pleasant, likable, accommodating, gracious, amiable. 3. compatible, harmonious.

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When he is not delivering sententious commonplaces or indulging in heavy whimsy, he makes an agreeable guide.

It's common sense that an agreeable person would probably thrive better in a new place than a disagreeable person.

All this fuss suggests, not that bosses are growing more horrible, but that employees expect them to be more agreeable.

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When he is not delivering sententious commonplaces or indulging in heavy whimsy, he makes an agreeable guide.

It's common sense that an agreeable person would probably thrive better in a new place than a disagreeable person.

All this fuss suggests, not that bosses are growing more horrible, but that employees expect them to be more agreeable.

Study subjects who expressed a preference for sweet over savory tastes also tended to be more agreeable.

Their motivation seems to be a lack of having a motivation, and a contempt for anything that isn't agreeable with their agenda.

It was the occasion of an agreeable reunion which combined many of the lustrous elements of a modern ball-room.

The only agreeable solution was for me and the college to part ways.

The answer involves a number of fairly small things, some of which will also make flying more agreeable.

Our response should be to adapt to any changes and thank our good fortune for living during a agreeable period of climate.

Beckmann's self-portraits with furrowed brow are the easiest works to stomach, intense but agreeable.

Other than that, as the agreeable post above also has it: publish.

Developers make good profits on homes in agreeable areas.

Yam quotes a previous poll with results more agreeable as accurate.

In marriage, the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman, the woman to make the home agreeable to the man.

Leaving aside the climate, it is a lively, agreeable city with much great architecture and art.

Considered agreeable even in their own time, the landscapes.

But they are equally agreeable when brushed and served with easy sauces made of tomato, fruit, or herbs.

Since the soprano has an agreeable voice and an attractive personality, it was an evening pleasantly if not excitingly spent.

Ask for the offer in writing and establish a mutually agreeable period for you to respond.

Elizabeth, adorably illustrated in agreeable orange and robin's egg blue, likes that there is a queen.

But fulfilling the execution of one's tasks may also require some agreeable yielding.

Working within those limitations it turns out a roster of dishes that are agreeable or better.

Letting the market decide for everything does not necessarily make life easier and more agreeable for the residents.

Porter's story affectionately and turned out an agreeable specimen of the homespun drama.

It makes for a more agreeable and fulfilling work experience for all.

Their less agreeable side is not really surprising:.

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agreeable (əˈɡrɪəb^əl)

—*adj* (foll by to or with)
1.	pleasing; pleasant
2.	prepared to consent
3.	in keeping; consistent: salaries agreeable with current trends
4.	(foll by to) to one's liking: he said the terms were not agreeable to him

a'greeableness

—n

a'greeably

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

agreeable

late 14c., "to one's liking," from O.Fr. agreable (Mod.Fr. agréable) "capable of pleasing," from agreer "to please" (see agree).

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"Musick is certainly a very agreeable Entertainment, but if it would take the entire Possession of our Ears, if it would make us incapable of hearing Sense, if it would exclude Arts that have a much greater Tendency to the Refinement of human Nature; I must confess I would allow it no better Quarter than Plato has done, who banishes it out of his Common-wealth."

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