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View synonyms for amicable

amicable

[ am-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable:

    an amicable settlement.

    Synonyms: agreeable



amicable

/ ˈæmɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. characterized by friendliness

    an amicable agreement



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Derived Forms

  • ˌamicaˈbility, noun
  • ˈamicably, adverb

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Other Words From

  • am·i·ca·bil·i·ty [am-i-k, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], am·i·ca·ble·ness noun
  • am·i·ca·bly adverb
  • un·am·i·ca·bil·i·ty noun
  • un·am·i·ca·ble adjective
  • un·am·i·ca·ble·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of amicable1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Late Latin amīcābilis, equivalent to amīc(us) “friend, friendly” + -ābilis adjective suffix meaning “capable of, tending to” ( -able ); amiable

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Word History and Origins

Origin of amicable1

C15: from Late Latin amīcābilis, from Latin amīcus friend; related to amāre to love

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Example Sentences

Ours was an amicable split, borne out of practical necessity.

“It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.

The Microsoft-Ballmer split may be the rare case in which an amicable divorce leaves both parties richer.

Another, more terrible failure is that the family agreed to the “amicable solution” offered by their friends.

This dispute did not make for an amicable parting, according to investigators.

There will be an amicable settlement; and my word will be a knot in the chain of satisfactory evidence they will elicit.

Early in May amicable relations between the courts of England and Naples commenced.

In 1790 two societies were established in that city for the private and amicable discussion of miscellaneous questions.

With the rest of the Whitford society, the bride did not enter into intimate, or even amicable, relations.

You have memories and associations in common that the new-comers know nothing about, and quasi-amicable rearrangements are made.

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