amiability
/eɪmɪəˈbɪlɪti
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of having a friendly and pleasant manner; geniality: his good-natured amiability...
- He combined an inherent amiability and decency, a lightning-fast wit, and shrewd and opportunistic appreciation of the emerging media of his era, with a canny awareness of how far satire could go without giving offense.
- I'm just trying to understand this sudden amiability.
- He couldn't tolerate this imposed amiability.
Synonyms
friendliness, affability, cordiality;
warmth, warm-heartedness, good nature, niceness, pleasantness, agreeableness, likeability, lovableness, geniality, amicableness, amicability, sociableness;
good humour, charm, kindness, kindliness;
neighbourliness, hospitality, companionableness, sociability, gregariousness, conviviality, clubbability, personableness;
Scottish couthiness
British informal chumminess, mateyness