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Amicability

Definitions: Amicability

Amicability

Noun

1. A disinclination to quarrel.

2. Having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Amicability

Synonym: amicableness (n). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Amicability

"Amicability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amicability" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Amicability

Language Translations for "amicability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

miqësi (amiability, amity, comradeship, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, good fellowship, goodness, unity). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

миролюбие, приятелско отношение (friendliness), дружелюбие. (various references)

   

Czech

  

přátelskost (friendliness). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

محبوبیت (Popularity), دوستدارصلح . (various references)

   

French

  

amabilité (amiability). (various references)

   

German

  

verträglichkeit (compatibility, compatibleness, digestibility, tolerance, wholesomeness), Güte (benevolence, charity, fineness, gentleness, goodness, kindliness, kindness, property, quality). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

barátságos természet. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amicabilityay

   

Portuguese

  

amizade (acquaintanceship, affection, amity, attachment, develop a friendship, fellowship, friendship), sinceridade (candidness, candor, candour, fairdealing, faith, frantic, heartiness, honey, simplicity, sincerity, singleness), cordialidade (bonhomie, cordiality, heartiness, warmth). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prietenie (amity, friendliness, friendship, good feeling, kindliness, kindness, neighborliness, neighbourliness). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дружелюбие (amiability, amiableness, amicableness, amity, bonhomie, friendliness, friendship). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ljubaznost (affability, amiability, boon, cordiality, geniality, graciousness, kindliness, kindness, niceness, suavity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

amistad (amity, camaraderie, comradeship, concord, friendliness, friendship, relationship), amabilidad (amenity, amiability, bonhomie, decency, friendliness, gentleness, graciousness, kindness, niceness, pleasantness, sympathy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vänskaplighet (amity, friendliness), vänlighet (affability, amiability, friendliness, kindliness, kindness). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

приязнь, дружелюбність (amiability, amity, friendliness, friendship, neighborliness, neighbourliness). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thân tính (amicableness), sự thân mật (amicableness, chumminess, cordiality, friendliness, heartiness, intimacy), sự thân ái (amicableness, cordiality). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Amicability

Misspellings

"Amicability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fanciability. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Amicability"

Words rhyming with "amicability" (pronounced 'Am`i*ca*bil"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Amicability

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-i-l-m-t-y"

-1 letter: amiability.

-3 letters: amicably, calamity.

-4 letters: ability, albitic, amiably, cambial, cymatia, militia.

-5 letters: amylic, baalim, calami, camail, cambia, cymbal, iambic, italic, lactam, limbic, tambac, tibial, timbal, tymbal.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-i-l-m-t-y"
 

+2 letters: implacability, machinability.

 

+3 letters: machineability.

 

+4 letters: incomparability.

 

+5 letters: companionability, impracticability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Amicability


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6D 69 63 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101101 01101001 01100011 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006D 0069 0063 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3579756967687578758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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