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Agreeableness

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a·gree·a·ble  (-gr-bl)
adj.
1. To one's liking; pleasing: agreeable weather.
2. Suitable; conformable: a practice agreeable to the law.
3. Ready to consent or submit: I am agreeable to your plan.
a·greea·bili·ty, a·greea·ble·ness n.
a·greea·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.agreeableness - pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age"
amenity
pleasantness, sweetness - the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
disagreeableness - the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
2.agreeableness - a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
agreeability
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
complaisance, compliancy, obligingness, compliance, deference - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
affirmativeness - the agreeable quality of one who assents
disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition


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We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening, and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
Immediately they crossed the road and came forward to her; and the agreeableness of yesterday's engagement seemed to give fresh pleasure to the present meeting.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
Tom Bertram must have been thought pleasant, indeed, at any rate; he was the sort of young man to be generally liked, his agreeableness was of the kind to be oftener found agreeable than some endowments of a higher stamp, for he had easy manners, excellent spirits, a large acquaintance, and a great deal to say; and the reversion of Mansfield Park, and a baronetcy, did no harm to all this.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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