amiable
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Her brother Doug has returned from college with a girlfriend named Mary, an amiable busybody who keeps the wine flowing and gently but insistently guides the conversation to the household’s taboo subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That is no longer the case since Ravi, an amiable but steely 58-year-old Harvard graduate, became secretary of the governing board.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The school’s new superintendent, Michael Borgschulte, an amiable lieutenant general with a Bronze Star and a pearly white set of teeth, steps onto the bandstand.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Griffith was a puffed-up man of no amiable disposition; his fellow L.A. millionaire Alphonzo Bell, the developer of Bel-Air, mocked him as “the Prince of Wales.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
On the afternoon of September 10, driving out of Cut Bank after buying some parts for a malfunctioning combine, he pulled over for a hitchhiker, an amiable kid who said his name was Alex McCandless.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing amiable
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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