amicably

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/ˈæ.mɪ.kə.bli/

adverb

Friendly; in an amicable manner.

Similar
out-of-court
OriginMiddle English amcabily →
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Meanings

adverbamicably (comparative more amicably, superlative most amicably)

comparative more amicably · superlative most amicably

  1. Friendly; in an amicable manner.

    By 1849, they agreed amicably to disagree, and McCormick bought the Ogden and Jones half of the business for $65,000.

    1931, Cyrus Hall McCormick III, The Century of the Reaper, page 29
  2. Characterized by an absence of antagonism, especially in commonly difficult situations.
  3. Synonym of out-of-court.

    Synonyms: out-of-court

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbSynonym of out-of-court.

Similar
out-of-court
Also see
friendly

Origin

  1. Middle Englishamcabily
  2. Englishamicably

From Middle English amcabily, equivalent to amicable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of amiably.

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Translations

Catalan amigablement
  • amigablementfriendly, in an amicable manner
Finnish ystävällisesti, rakentavasti
  • ystävällisestifriendly, in an amicable manner
  • rakentavasticharacterized by absence of antagonism
  • osapuolten keskenout-of-court — see also out-of-court
German gütlich
  • gütlichout-of-court — see also out-of-court
Hebrew בנועם
  • בנועםfriendly, in an amicable manner
Hungarian barátságosan, peren kívül
  • barátságosanfriendly, in an amicable manner
  • peren kívülout-of-court — see also out-of-court
Italian amichevolmente
  • amichevolmentefriendly, in an amicable manner
Polish przyjaźnie
  • przyjaźniefriendly, in an amicable manner
Portuguese amigavelmente
  • amigavelmentefriendly, in an amicable manner
Romanian (în mod) amical, extrajudiciar
  • (în mod) amicalfriendly, in an amicable manner
  • extrajudiciarout-of-court — see also out-of-court
Russian дру́жески, по-дру́жески
  • дру́жески (drúžeski)friendly, in an amicable manner
  • по-дру́жески (po-drúžeski)friendly, in an amicable manner
  • дружелю́бно (druželjúbno)friendly, in an amicable manner
  • дру́жественно (drúžestvenno)friendly, in an amicable manner
  • ми́рным путём (mírnym putjóm)out-of-court — see also out-of-court
  • ми́рно (mírno)out-of-court — see also out-of-court
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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