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amicably en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæ.mɪ.kə.bli/

Etymology

From Middle English amcabily, equivalent to amicable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of amiably.

Meanings

  1. Friendly; in an amicable manner.
    • By 1849, they agreed amicably to disagree, and McCormick bought the Ogden and Jones half of the business for $65,000. 1931, Cyrus Hall McCormick III, The Century of the Reaper, page 29:
  2. characterized by an absence of antagonism, especially in commonly difficult situations
  3. Synonym of out-of-court.

Forms

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more amicably Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

out-of-court

Translations (19)

ca amigablement (friendly, in an amicable manner) · pt amigavelmente (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ru дру́жески (friendly, in an amicable manner) · fi rakentavasti (characterized by absence of antagonism) · he בנועם (friendly, in an amicable manner) · de gütlich (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · ru ми́рным путём (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · fi osapuolten kesken (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · hu peren kívül (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · ru по-дру́жески (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ru ми́рно (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · hu barátságosan (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ro (în mod) amical (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ru дру́жественно (friendly, in an amicable manner) · pl przyjaźnie (friendly, in an amicable manner) · fi ystävällisesti (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ru дружелю́бно (friendly, in an amicable manner) · ro extrajudiciar (out-of-court — see also out-of-court) · it amichevolmente (friendly, in an amicable manner)