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amicable

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am·i·ca·ble

[am-i-kuh-buhl]
adjective
characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin amīcābilis, equivalent to amīc(us) friend, friendly + -ābilis -able; compare amiable

am·i·ca·bil·i·ty, 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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un·am·i·ca·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE

amiable, amicable.


agreeable.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • Round the family table, the political talk is tough but amicable.
  • We are not interested in an amicable settlement.
  • It was not a particularly amicable separation.
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World English Dictionary
amicable (ˈæmɪkəbəl)
 
adj
characterized by friendliness: an amicable agreement
 
[C15: from Late Latin amīcābilis, from Latin amīcus friend; related to amāre to love]
 
amica'bility
 
n
 
'amicableness
 
n
 
'amicably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

amicable
1530s, from L.L. amicabilis "friendly," a word in Roman law, from L. amicus "friend," related to amare "to love" (see Amy).
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