Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.] So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert.
Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
Done out of love. [Obs.] Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.
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