[ami.a.ble] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL amicabilis friendly, fr. L amicus friend; akin to L amare to love] (14c) 1 archaic: pleasing, admirable
2. a: generally agreeable "an ~ comedy" b: being friendly, sociable, and congenial -- ami.a.bil.i.ty n -- ami.a.ble.ness n -- ami.a.bly adv syn amiable, good-natured, obliging, complaisant mean having the desire or disposition to please. amiable implies having qualities that make one liked and easy to deal with "an amiable teacher not easily annoyed". good-natured implies cheerfulness or helpfulness and sometimes a willingness to be imposed upon "a good-natured girl who was always willing to pitch in". obliging stresses a friendly readiness to be helpful "our obliging innkeeper found us a bigger room". complaisant often implies passivity or a yielding to others because of weakness "was too complaisant to protest a decision he thought unfair".