Complete Definition of "agreeable"

English

Etymology
French agréable.

Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /��gɹi.�.b�l/
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Adjective
agreeable

  1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

#: A train of agreeable reveries. --Goldsmith.

  1. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]

#: These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. --Latimer.

  1. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted;—followed by to, rarely by with.

#: That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. --L'Estrange.

  1. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance;—in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Translations
trans-top|pleasing
Czech: p�íjemný m
trans-mid
Scots: couthie
trans-bottom

Synonyms
Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable.

Translations
Korean: 기���, ���
Ido: agreabla

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