amiableness

Example Sentences

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The amiableness and dignity of Madame La Fayette forced respect from the bloodthirsty Jacobins who ultimately released her.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker—no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm.

From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

They will meet him there in all the charm of novelty, and all the fascination of genius or of amiableness.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry

His amiableness of disposition and evenness of temper never desert him, because he has not to "screw his courage to the sticking-place."

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George

I understand better his generosity, candor, amiableness, playfulness.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth