amiable
A friendly, pleasant person could be described as amiable. Airline flight attendants tend to be amiable. The people monitoring the school's cafeteria? Maybe not.
An amiable person is good-natured and easy to get along with. Add one letter and you get amicable, a word with a common ancestor (Latin amicabilis) and a similar meaning. But while amiable refers to friendly people, amicable refers to friendly relations between them; two amiable people who no longer want to be married to one another might have an amicable divorce.
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diffusing warmth and friendliness
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disposed to please“"an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson”synonyms: good-humored, good-humouredgood-naturedhaving an easygoing and cheerful disposition
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