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agreeable Definition

agree·able (-ə bəl)

adjective

  1. pleasing or pleasant an agreeable odor
  2. willing or ready to consent
  3. conformable or in accord
  4. that can be approved; acceptable a contract agreeable to both parties

Etymology: ME & OFr agreable < agreer, agree

agreeable Related Forms
agree′·abil·ity (-ə bilə tē) noun or agree·able·ness agree·ably adverb
agreeable Synonyms

agreeable

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agreeable Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • find: To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate!
  • make: A quiet time to oneself, either at home or away from home, each day can make a disagreeable person agreeable.

Infinitive complement

  • look: Neither of the portraits of Sir Walter Scott, for instance, were very agreeable to look upon.
  • have: It was agreeable to have a night off the route with familiar friends.

Modifies a noun

  • companion: Upon the whole, however, he was, in his way, a man of some humor, and an agreeable companion.
  • surprise: If you think all the beauty is in the Lake District, you are in for an agreeable surprise.
  • manner: Later in life, Palmer still preserved his agreeable manners.
  • climate: These facts together with an agreeable year round climate have ensured that there are a good selection of quality golf courses present.
  • solution: She can help couples arrive at an agreeable solution to their differences together.
  • walk: I never had such an agreeable walk in my life.

Modifying Another Word

  • mutually: The customer has the right to carry out periodic audits at times mutually agreeable to both parties.
  • perfectly: But If it's folk that turns you on, you'll find this a perfectly agreeable listen.
  • very: He is very agreeable to the information being put on the web site.
  • extremely: The prospect of the Netherfield ball was extremely agreeable to every female of the family.
  • rather: The pedestrian walkways, which had seemed rather agreeable to me at first, began to become irritating.
  • quite: Managers are quite agreeable most of the time What happens to bad managers?

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Certainly seems much more agreeable than using an estate agent.
  • find: Wagner A wise man finds agreeable, A dog that's learned its lesson well.
  • mean: His company was by no means agreeable to me, but my opinion was not asked.
  • prove: Accommodation proved agreeable, give or take the odd furry visitor.
agreeable Quotes

'My idea of an agreeable person,'said Hugo Bohun,'is a person who agrees with me.'

—Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

An Irishman's imagination never lets him alone, never convinces him, never satisfies him; but it makes him that he can't face reality nor deal with it nor handle it nor conquer it: he can only sneer at them that do, and be 'agreeable to strangers', like a good-for-nothing woman on the streets.

—Shaw, George Bernard

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

—James, Henry

Feware qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

—Swift,Jonathan

I know heisa devil, but hehassomethingoftheangel yet undefaced in him, which makes him so charming and agreeable that I must love him, be he never so wicked.

—Etherege, Sir George

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