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agreeable - 3 dictionary results

a⋅gree⋅a⋅ble

[uh-gree-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. to one's liking; pleasing: agreeable manners; an agreeable sensation.
2. willing or ready to agree or consent: Are you agreeable to my plans for Saturday?
3. suitable; conformable (usually fol. by to): practice agreeable to theory.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME agreable < AF. See agree, -able


a⋅gree⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, a⋅gree⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
a⋅gree⋅a⋅bly, adverb


1. pleasant, likable, accommodating, gracious, amiable. 3. compatible, harmonious.
a·gree·a·ble   (ə-grē'ə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. To one's liking; pleasing: agreeable weather.
  2. Suitable; conformable: a practice agreeable to the law.
  3. Ready to consent or submit: I am agreeable to your plan.
a·gree'a·bil'i·ty, a·gree'a·ble·ness n., a·gree'a·bly adv.

Agreeable

A*gree"a*ble\, a. [F. agr['e]able.]

1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

A train of agreeable reveries. --Goldsmith.

2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]

These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. --Latimer.

3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.

That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. --L'Estrange.

4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Syn: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.
Language Translation for : agreeable
Spanish: agradable,
German: angenehm,
Japanese: 快い
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