英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈæ.mɪ.kə.bəl/

形容詞

amicable (comparative more amicable, superlative most amicable)

1. Showing friendliness or goodwill.

   They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.

   He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.

使用する際の注意点

Amicable is particularly used of relationships or agreements (especially legal proceedings, such as divorce), with meaning ranging from simply “not quarrelsome, mutually consenting” to “quite friendly”. By contrast, the similar term amiable is especially used to mean “pleasant, lovable”, such as an “amiable smile”.

反意語

• inimical

派生語

関連する語

• amiable
• amity

参照

Further reading

• “amicable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amicable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “amicable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.