Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete forms of agreeable, agreeability.
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- adjective Obsolete spelling of
agreeable .
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Examples
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I think you are too apprehensive in regard to your sister's happiness: he loves her, and there is a certain variety in her manner, a kind of agreable caprice, that I think will secure the heart of a man of his turn, much more than her merit, or even the loveliness of her person.
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a kind of agreable caprice, that I think will secure the heart of a man of his turn, much more than her merit, or even the loveliness of her person.
The History of Emily Montague Frances Brooke 1756
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But more importantly, it's about being smart, having a personality that is agreable to the company you're courting, and having a communication style that is agreeable to the company/industry as well.
Why aren't there more investment bankers?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Your right wellcome letter came to hand yesterday, And the inteligence it contains is every way agreable as to what relates to Mrs B..
Letter 217 2009
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As this must be an unlookd for present on the part of your Aunt, it is the more agreable task to send it.
Letter 269 2009
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Among her initial instructions to Bedingfield was the warning that he was to carry out his duties as jailer "in suche goode & honorable sorte as maye be agreable to or honor and hir [Elizabeth's] estate & degree."
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War should not be a bad idea when fought within an agreable notion; when fought with some level of civility and caution.
Obama: McCain should admit he was wrong on surge comments 2008
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Because if I don't want to be discriminated against, I have to be an agreable fellow.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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En entrant dans la grande surface, "France Loisir" me tend un catalogue, je m'approche d'un air interessé (sans l'etre en fait) et piapiate avec la demoiselle (tres agreable d'ailleurs, et meme si elle etait surement faux-cul, ca ne se voyait pas).
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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J'en ai deja eu pour ma tumeur suspectée au cerveau et franchement c'etait pas agreable!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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