Meanings
plural amiabilities
- uncountableusuallyFriendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.
He greeted everyone with his usual amiability.
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Her warmth and amiability made her popular among colleagues.
The lady looked from one to the other with smiling amiability.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLCSynonyms: affability, amiableness, amicability, approachability, cordiality, douceur, friendliness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFriendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From amiable + -ability. Piecewise doublet of amicability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek φιλοφροσύνη
- φιλοφροσύνη (filofrosýni)cheerful and friendly disposition
Irish geanúlacht
- geanúlachtcheerful and friendly disposition
Portuguese afabilidade
- afabilidadecheerful and friendly disposition
Romanian amabilitate, afabilitate
- amabilitatecheerful and friendly disposition
- afabilitatecheerful and friendly disposition
Spanish amabilidad, afabilidad
- amabilidadcheerful and friendly disposition
- afabilidadcheerful and friendly disposition
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Cite this entry
amiability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amiability
“amiability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amiability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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