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Webster 1913 Edition


Agreeableness

A-gree′a-ble-ness

,
Noun.
1.
The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
That author . . . has an
agreeableness
that charms us.
Pope.
2.
The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
The
agreeableness
of virtuous actions to human nature.
Pearce.
3.
Resemblance; concordance; harmony; – with to or between.
[Obs.]
The
agreeableness
between man and the other parts of the universe.
Grew.

Webster 1828 Edition


Agreeableness

AGREE'ABLENESS

,
Noun.
1.
Suitableness; conformity; consistency; as, the agreeableness of virtue to the laws of God.
2.
The quality of pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses; as, an agreeableness of manners; there is an agreeableness in the taste of certain fruits. This is the usual sense of the word.
3.
Resemblance; likeness; with to or between; as,
The agreeableness between man and other parts of creation. Obs.

Definition 2024


agreeableness

agreeableness

English

Noun

agreeableness (countable and uncountable, plural agreeablenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
  2. (uncountable) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
  3. (countable) Resemblance; concordance; harmony.
  4. (psychology) A personility trait chracterized by the adjectives kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm and considerate.

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  • agreeableness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913