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noun
The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The result, product, or an instance of being agreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: agreeableness
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Broader terms: disposition, temperament
Narrower terms: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference, affirmativeness
History
From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -ability. By surface analysis, agree + -ability. Compare the only attestation before the 18th century (by Geoffrey Chaucer), Middle English aggreablete, agreablete (“favorable disposition, tolerance”), from Middle French agréableté.
