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AMIABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
Synonyms:
affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("amiability" is a kind of...):
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amiability"):
condescendingness; condescension (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank)
mellowness (geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana)
sweetness and light (a mild reasonableness)
Derivation:
amiable (diffusing warmth and friendliness)
amiable (disposed to please)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A cheerful and agreeable mood
Synonyms:
amiability; good humor; good humour; good temper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("amiability" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amiability"):
jolliness; jollity; joviality (feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor)
Derivation:
amiable (diffusing warmth and friendliness)
amiable (disposed to please)
