amicableness

noun

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  1. friendliness
  2. sociability
  3. cordiality
  4. congeniality
Noun
  • Even in humans, a smile does not always convey friendliness and joy.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • That kind of friendliness requires adopting the clichéd feel-goodery inherent in many group fitness classes.
    Mikala Jamison, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
  • And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
Definition of sociability
Noun
  • Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The former President posted on Truth Social eight times about it, and his campaign and supporters have also latched on, in a sharp contrast from the notable cordiality shown on stage between Trump’s running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minn.
    Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of cordiality
Noun
  • One person’s smile might mean congeniality or joy, while others might be a nervous expression of fear.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Hugh Grant and a scented candle terrorize two young missionaries in the trailer for A24's Heretic Grant exudes an almost obsequious congeniality before letting something more sinister seep from his pores.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of congeniality
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