amiableness
Example Sentences
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It expresses the utmost degree of amiableness, joined with an idea, which perhaps all tenderness includes, of feebleness, softness, and want of protection.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
His character has always been greatly extolled for the judgment which he exhibited in very trying periods, and for the amiableness of his disposition.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
When it was dark, she came thickly veiled, and after she had responded to his demonstrations of affection for some time, with more patience than amiableness, she began.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant
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 L. Carroll Judson
But the imaginative man cannot be content to regard the sea with this ignorant amiableness.
From The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd
