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likeable, likable, a.|ˈlaɪkəb(ə)l|
[f. like v.1 + -able.]
That can be liked; pleasing; agreeable.
1730Gay in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 119, I would fain know you; for I often hear more good likeable things than 'tis possible any one can deserve. 1780F. Burney Diary May, We made a long visit here, as the people were mighty likeable. 1834–43Southey Doctor xxxiv. (1862) 82 It is a very likeable place, being one of the most comfortable towns in England. 1882Stevenson Fam. Stud. 389 The most likable utterance of Knox's that I can quote.
Hence likeaˈbility rare = next.
1823Southey in Life & Corr. V. 144 My civilities to them are regulated..a little more perhaps by their likeability. |