Definitions for amicable

amicable am·i·ca·ble

Spelling: [am-i-kuh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈæm ɪ kə bəl/

Amicable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in amicable (aabceilm).

Definitions for amicable

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable:

Origin of amicable

1425-75; late Middle English Late Latin amīcābilis, equivalent to amīc(us) friend, friendly + -ābilis -able; cf. amiable

Examples for amicable

On getting here, finding him to be amicable, I tried him on.

Teuxical regarded the latter with a countenance that was calm and amicable.

The two kings began with an amicable joust, in which Rene had the best of it.

The Microsoft-Ballmer split may be the rare case in which an amicable divorce leaves both parties richer.

Another, more terrible failure is that the family agreed to the “amicable solution” offered by their friends.

“It was a very peaceful, amicable, lovely divorce, where my siblings and I had a great, fun, healthy childhood,” he says.

I thought we should find an amicable settlement for our difficulty.

Let us talk it over in an amicable manner, even if we come to no arrangement.

Ours was an amicable split, borne out of practical necessity.

This dispute did not make for an amicable parting, according to investigators.

Word Value for amicable
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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