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amiable adj. friendly, well-disposed, kindly, kind, amicable,
agreeable, congenial, genial, warm, winsome, winning, affable,
agreeable, pleasant, obliging, tractable, approachable, benign,
good-natured, good-hearted, kind-hearted; affectionate: Melissa
is well named for her sweet and amiable disposition.
amicable adj. friendly, amiable, congenial, harmonious, brotherly,
kind-hearted; warm, courteous, cordial, polite, civil, pleasant;
peaceful, peaceable: Our countries have always enjoyed the most
amicable relations.
amid prep. mid, in or into the middle or midst or centre of,
amongst, among, surrounded by, in the thick of, Literary amidst:
She is sitting in her cottage, Amid the flowers of May. Without
further ado, she plunged amid the waves.
amiss adj. 1 wrong, at fault, awry, out of order, faulty, defective,
improper, untoward; astray, erroneous, fallacious, confused,
incorrect, off: Something is amiss with the ignition. If I am
amiss in my thinking, let me know.
--adv. 2 wrong, awry, badly, poorly, imperfectly;
inopportunely, unfavourably, unpropitiously: Everything
possible has already gone amiss with the rocket launch. 3
wrongly, improperly, badly; incorrectly, inappropriately: A
word of advice might not come amiss here. 4 take or think (it)
amiss. mistake, misinterpret, misunderstand, take offence (at):
I trust that you will not take amiss what I intended as
constructive criticism.
among prep. 1 amongst, amid, amidst, mid, in the midst or middle or
centre of, surrounded by: Please take a seat among the people
over there. We lay down among the flowers. 2 among, to each or
all (of): The examination booklets were passed out among the
students.
amount v. 1 amount to. a add up to, total, aggregate, come (up) to:
Waiter, what does my bill amount to, please? b become, develop
into: That son of his will never amount to much.
--n. 2 quantity, volume, mass, expanse, bulk, supply, lot;
number; magnitude: What amount of water is needed to fill the
container? She eats a huge amount of chocolates every day. 3