Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: amicable
IPA transcription: ['æmɪkəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: amicable
    Meaning: characterized by friendship and good will
Usage examples
  • "It's odd," Amory said to Tom one night when they had grown more amicable on the subject, "that the people who violently disapprove of Burne's radicalism are distinctly the Pharisee class--I mean they're the best-educated men in college--the editors of the papers, like yourself and Ferrenby, the younger professors....
  • "Sir: The Government of the Confederate States has hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Government of the United States, with a view to the amicable adjustment of all questions between the two Governments, and to avert the calamities of war, would voluntarily evacuate it.