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15,442 words match “AB”

ADORABILITY n.
Adorableness.
ADORABLE a. 2 definitions
Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. The adorable Author of Christianity. Cheyne.
ADORABLENESS n.
The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson.
ADORABLY adv.
In an adorable manner.
ADVANTAGEABLE a.
Advantageous. [Obs.]
ADVISABILITY n.
The quality of being advisable; advisableness.
ADVISABLE a. 2 definitions
Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.
ADVISABLE-NESS n.
The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.
ADVISABLY adv.
With advice; wisely.
AFFABILITY n.
The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot
AFFABLE a. 2 definitions
ving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.
AFFABLENESS n.
Affability.
AFFABLY adv.
In an affable manner; courteously.
AFFABROUS a.
Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [R.] Bailey.
AFFILIABLE a.
Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
AFFIRMABLE a.
Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
AFFORDABLE a.
That may be afforded.
AGGRANDIZABLE a.
Capable of being aggrandized.
AGITABLE a.
Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]
AGREEABILITY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.
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