amiability

Other forms: amiabilities

Definitions of amiability
  1. noun
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
    synonyms: affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    friendliness
    a friendly disposition
  2. noun
    a cheerful and agreeable mood
    synonyms: good humor, good humour, good temper
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    types:
    jolliness, jollity, joviality
    feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
    type of:
    humor, humour, mood, temper
    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
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