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agreeableness|əˈgriːəb(ə)lnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being agreeable, or of giving pleasure; pleasingness, pleasantness.
1611Cotgr., Agreeableté, agreeablenesse, acceptablenesse. 1610–31Donne Selections (1840) 160 Loveliness of person, agreeableness of conversation. 1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual., Beauty..is made up of Symmetry of parts, and agreeablenesse of colours. 1709Lady M. W. Montague Lett. lxiv. 106 Leave me my..agreeableness and genius, but leave me also my sincerity. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 159 The agreeableness of the climate. a1763Shenstone Ess. 213 Virtue and agreeableness are, I fear, too often separated. c1815Jane Austen Northang. Abb. (1833) I. x. 58 We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness. 1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) I. 128 You might enjoy its agreeableness without suspecting it.
†2. The quality of being conformable to, or consistent with; conformity, consistency. Obs.
1557Recorde Whetst. G ij, There appeareth a greate agreablenes, between like flattes, and square nombers. 1667H. More Div. Dial. v. xli. (1713) 523 Sing no Tragical strain in agreeableness to the last Thunder. 1690J. Norris Beatitudes (1694) I. 166 Some Likeness or Agreeableness between the Faculty and the Good to be enjoy'd. 1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes ii. 43 The strength of every Precedent lyeth in its agreeableness with the Law. a1797Burke Ess. Drama Wks. X. 159 The incompatibility or agreeableness of incidents..with the probable in fact, but with propriety in design. |