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likable

[lahy-kuh-buhl]

lik·a·ble

[lahy-kuh-buhl]
adjective
readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
Also, likeable.


Origin:
1720–30; like2 + -able

lik·a·ble·ness, lik·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·lik·a·ble, adjective
un·lik·a·ble·ness, noun
un·lik·a·b·ly, adverb


genial, attractive, winsome, engaging.

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Likable is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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likable or likeable (ˈlaɪkəbəl)
 
adj
easy to like; pleasing
 
likeable or likeable
 
adj
 
lika'bility or likeable
 
n
 
likea'bility or likeable
 
n
 
'likableness or likeable
 
n
 
'likeableness or likeable
 
n

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