agreeability
The property of being agreeableThe property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
(countable, usually)The result, product, or an instance of being agreeable.
- a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
Origin
From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -aFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: agreeabilities| Singular | agreeability |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a temperamental disposition to be agreeable:agreeableness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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