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amenity

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a·men·i·ty  (-mn-t, -mn-)
n. pl. a·men·i·ties
1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.
2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort.
3. A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.
4. amenities Social courtesies.

[Middle English amenite, from Old French, from Latin amoenits, from amoenus, pleasant.]
Synonyms: amenity, comfort, convenience, facility
These nouns denote something that increases physical ease or facilitates work: an apartment with amenities like air conditioning; a suite with all the comforts of home; a kitchen with every convenience; a school with excellent facilities.

amenity
Noun
pl -ties a useful or enjoyable feature: all kinds of amenities including horse riding and golf [Latin amoenus agreeable]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.amenity - 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"
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"

amenity
Translations
amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ] nservicio

amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ] ncharme m, agrément m

amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ] n(Freizeit)einrichtung f

amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ] namenità f inv

amenity
n amenity [əˈmiːnəti]
something that makes life more pleasant or convenient This part of town has a lot of amenities – good shops, parks etc. geriewe لَطَافَة، إعْتِدَال удобство půvab, pohodlí, dobré vybavení bekvemmelighed; behagelighed die Annehmlichkeiten ανέσεις (πληθ.) comodidad, amenidad mugavused تسهیلات mukavuus, palvelu commodités שֵׁירוּתִים וּמִתקָנִים सुख-सुविधा blagodat kényelem fasilitas þægindi, það sem e-ð hefur upp á að bjóða comodità, comfort (生活の便宜の) 施設 편의 시설; 상냥함 malonumas, patogumas ērtības; jaukumi kemudahan faciliteit bekvemmelighet, gode udogodnienie comodidade atracţii; dis­tracţii удобства pohodlie, spoločenské vybavenie udobje, užitki pogodnost lockelse, bekvämlighet, facilitet สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก hoşluk, kolaylık 便利設施 втіхи, задоволення خوشگواری tiện nghi 舒服,宜人


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This appeal is not always a charm, for there are estuaries of a particularly dispiriting ugliness: lowlands, mud- flats, or perhaps barren sandhills without beauty of form or amenity of aspect, covered with a shabby and scanty vegetation conveying the impression of poverty and uselessness.
I do not blame Oxford, because I think Oxford is quite right in demanding a certain social amenity from its nurslings
Friend D'Artagnan," continued he, speaking to himself with all the amenity that he thought due himself, "if you escape, of which there is not much chance, I would advise you to practice perfect politeness for the future.
 
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