[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

amiable \a"miable\, a. f. amiable, l. amicabilis friendly,
   fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. the meaning has been
   influenced by f. aimable, l. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to
   love. cf. amicable, amorous, amability.
   1. lovable; lovely; pleasing. obs. or r.
      1913 webster

            so amiable a prospect.                --sir t.
                                                  herbert.
      1913 webster

   2. friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper
      or mood; amiable ideas.
      1913 webster

   3. possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
      temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be
      liked; as, an amiable woman.
      1913 webster

   4. done out of love. obs.
      1913 webster

            lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this ford's
            wife.                                 --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
amicable amorous amability 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

amiable
     adj 1: disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky
            sidelong grin"- hal hinson syn: good-humored, good-humoured
     2: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
        amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
        greeting"; "a genial host" syn: affable, cordial, genial
see also:
good-humored good-humoured affable cordial genial 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

114 moby thesaurus words for "amiable":
   accommodating, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable,
   approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous,
   brotherly, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby,
   communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible,
   complaisant, compliant, congenial, cordial, courteous, decent,
   desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, en rapport, enjoyable, fair,
   fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine,
   fit for society, fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendly,
   generous, genial, gentle, good, good-hearted, good-humored,
   good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful,
   gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, hearty, honeyed,
   hospitable, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, likable,
   mannerly, mellifluous, mellow, mild, neighborlike, neighborly,
   nice, obliging, open, openhearted, overindulgent, overpermissive,
   peaceable, permissive, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
   pleasure-giving, pleasureful, receptive, responsive, rewarding,
   satisfying, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social, social-minded,
   sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathique, tractable, unhostile, urbane,
   warm, warmhearted, welcome, welcoming, well-affected,
   well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
   well-natured, winning, winsome

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