amiableness
Example Sentences
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There was not a bit of sunshine in it,—no commonplace amiableness.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey
They may have another effect too, viz. to destroy that delusion which many persons labour under as to the innocence and amiableness of mankind in a state of nature.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
Young women of strong sensibility may be carried by the very amiableness of this temper into the most alarming extremes.
From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by Hannah More
The only wonder is, that, amid so many real difficulties, American women are still able to maintain such a character for energy, fortitude, and amiableness, as is universally allowed to be their due.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
For this first dinner five more must be invited, and Michael without much further consideration selected five freshmen whose athletic prowess and social amiableness drew them into prominence.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
