Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Pleasing; attractive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of a nature to attract liking; apt to be liked: as, a likable disposition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; easy to like; evoking sympathy.
  • adjective disposed to please.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being liked.
  • adjective of a person Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
  • adjective easy to like; agreeable

Etymologies

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like +‎ -able

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