amiable.

Friendly and agreeable in manner.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• amiable host
• amiable conversation

On the page

The amiable host made the strangers feel expected.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more amiable; superlative most amiable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.