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Definitions for: Agreeable
[adj] to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"
[adj] prepared to agree or consent; "agreeable to the plan"
[adj] suitable to your needs or similar to your nature; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock
[adj] in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"
[adj] highly pleasing; "pleasureful relaxation"; "an agreeable prospect"
Webster (1913) Definition: A*gree"a*ble, a. [F. agr['e]able.]
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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
Syn: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable;
amiable. See Pleasant.
Synonyms: accordant, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, consistent, consonant, in accord(p), in agreement(p), pleasing, pleasureful, sociable, sympathetic
Antonyms: disagreeable, incompatible, uncongenial
See Also: friendly, good-natured
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