amiableness

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker—no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm.

From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

He will be conscious in his soul of such amiableness as cannot be found in time among creatures.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

It expresses the utmost degree of amiableness, joined with an idea, which perhaps all tenderness includes, of feebleness, softness, and want of protection.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

I understand better his generosity, candor, amiableness, playfulness.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth

But the imaginative man cannot be content to regard the sea with this ignorant amiableness.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert