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agreeable

Pronunciation /əˈɡriːəb(ə)l/

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adjective

1Quite enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.
‘a cheerful and agreeable companion’
- ‘The woman smiles, quite pleased by his agreeable tone, but then she frowns and squints at him under the street lamp.’
- ‘Once on the rig proper, and below deck, however, I found that the living conditions were quite agreeable, allowing for the fact that the whole thing was made of steel and was heaving quite perceptively.’
- ‘It's about the heart of doing movies, and not just making movies, but like there's something fundamental about it, not something pleasurable or agreeable.’
- ‘I was going to make the point that Churchill's heroism was not dependent on his being a particularly pleasant or agreeable man.’
- ‘Only fair weather and a buggy could tempt me, and, if a little food was involved, I think I could find a round of golf quite agreeable.’
- ‘George Fair was, above all, a gentleman with a pleasant and agreeable nature.’
- ‘What ever dressing was on those greens of yours is quite agreeable.’
- ‘The morning was thus quite agreeable, and the conscientious ice cream vendor would have been out hitting the streets and taking advantage of those fair-weather revelers.’
- ‘Even the next few days the weather was quite agreeable.’
- ‘Josephine had to admit that the place, although dressed in a more Southwestern style, was quite agreeable.’
- ‘Marshall was quite agreeable and for 10 minutes we discussed common places.’
- ‘I was never very good at this sort of thing - this being pleasant, affable, agreeable.’
- ‘Since the ink incident she hasn't gone anywhere near me, and I find that quite an agreeable situation.’
- ‘Come on, he was just inferring that children - untainted by a harsh and brutal world - were innocent and agreeable companions.’
- ‘He was a consummate horseman, an agreeable companion, a hospitable host.’
- ‘Equiano refers to him as ‘a kind interpreter, an agreeable companion, and a faithful friend’.’
- ‘Eden was a capable man of business and an agreeable companion but acquired a reputation for self-seeking.’
- ‘His versatility makes him an agreeable companion but owning one is not for the novice dog owner.’
- ‘His warmth and his interest in his friends and students made him the most agreeable of companions.’
- ‘He just seems so nice and kind and agreeable, no matter what he's saying.’
pleasant, pleasing, enjoyable, pleasurable, nice, to one's liking, appealing, engaging, satisfying, fine, charming, delightful
likeable, charming, amiable, affable, pleasant, nice, friendly, good-natured, sociable, genial, congenial, appealing, sympathetic, benign, benevolent
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2predicative Willing to agree to something.
‘they were agreeable to its publication’
- ‘And if the developers have done that, they're hardly going to be agreeable to contributing further to public amenities.’
- ‘Council asked him if the company would be agreeable to making a financial contribution to the upkeep of the traffic infrastructure in the area if there was significant extra capacity during the next decade.’
- ‘Novel ideas such as a ‘travelling wedding’, which saves money for the prolonged honeymoon, although agreeable to the young, are firmly objected to by their parents.’
- ‘Local groups would be very agreeable to meet with the council to discuss the matter.’
- ‘The Scottish Football Association's board of directors have agreed to establish the system, leaving Vogts with the task of determining a financial figure that is agreeable to his players and employers.’
- ‘Probably helps that my current boss is agreeable to me saying at 3pm ‘I'm going home.’’
- ‘Should a professor choose to reject the study or insist on changes not agreeable to the sponsor, another university scientist will very likely be more solicitous.’
- ‘If China is agreeable to this, security cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea could proceed in tandem with China's cooperation.’
- ‘Council seemed reluctant to implement most of the requests without further study, though some seemed agreeable to the 2003 tax-freeze idea.’
- ‘The cook, who was not only well versed with family recipes and personal favourites, but also agreeable to being the sole, general body at hand for all contingencies!’
- ‘The Councillor then added the business people of the town would not be agreeable to the on-street parking charges if long term parking was not provided.’
- ‘The displaced families are agreeable to the idea of resettlement provided their basic demands, of cultivable land and community relocation, are met.’
- ‘I woke Justin and he was totally agreeable to going home.’
- ‘And it's always her way or the highway: how can I get my best friend to be more open and agreeable to doing what I want to do for a change?’
- ‘The Councillor was agreeable to an adjournment on the proviso the meeting would be held in public and only about proposed new development charges.’
- ‘We are agreeable to do so in the future but this will be a private meeting and not a meeting of the Council.’
- ‘It is understood the local authority is agreeable to the proposal but will have to receive funding for the ancillary road works which the project will require.’
- ‘Torre indicated that Brown would be agreeable to pitching in relief.’
- ‘He was also told that the boy, who was not present for the case, was agreeable to the placement and his parents were pleased with the plan.’
- ‘He is agreeable to a degree of cooperation, and I would go fairly far to cooperate.’
willing, amenable, compliant, complying, consenting, assenting, in accord, in agreement, disposed, accommodating, acquiescent, tractable, obliging, complaisant
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1. 2.1(of a course of action) acceptable.
  ‘a compromise which might be agreeable to both coal owners and unions’
  ‘He said it would take some time to launch the fund, as more study needs to be done ‘to come up with the most suitable mechanism agreeable to everybody.’’
  ‘Compromises and concessions need to be reached on both sides, so that whatever choices are made about family and career are mutually acceptable and agreeable.’
  ‘Jackie suggested to parents that the teenager might come up with suitable punishments for themselves that are agreeable to both parties.’
  ‘These terms were agreeable to the Magyar aristocracy, but could not satisfy the revolutionaries or moderates among the lesser nobility.’
  ‘And, the applicant must find the protocol appropriate, fair, agreeable, and adequate to prove their claim.’
  ‘Tracey and Steve were hoping that couples therapy would help them move on in a direction that was mutually agreeable and satisfying to both of them.’
  ‘In such circumstances they agreed that they would raise an appropriate purchase order for them to work directly for Canary Wharf if that was an agreeable way forward.’
  ‘If they were any kind of politicians at all, they would move to the backrooms, meet with him, and come to a compromise to shut him up - agreeable to all parties.’
  ‘The crucial point of the puzzle lies in the reality that we rely too much nowadays on the mass media, which is full of reports in favour of preconceived ideas agreeable to a certain audience.’
  ‘It will take planning, but the trick is to work something out that's agreeable to both families, Meantime, you guys can talk anytime you want!’
  ‘In the end, the park should have a zonation that is agreeable to all stakeholder parties - one that will therefore be a robust and effective management tool.’
  ‘To enquire about a price is to enter into a binding agreement: the stall-holder will keep knocking the price until he or she arrives at a tariff agreeable to you.’
  ‘It all comes back to the validity of local knowledge teamed with a qualified person agreeable to us.’
  ‘He insists that the city is continuing to work with county officials in hopes of coming to a solution that is agreeable to everyone.’
  ‘He added that the government was not obliged to coordinate every single one of its actions with the agency but to work out a package of measures agreeable to the fund.’
  ‘‘Names had been offered to be drawn out of the hat but that was not agreeable to the Councillor’ he claimed.’
  ‘If for some reason the item has to be exchanged but you don't like anything I am selling at that moment, I may give you a store credit if this is agreeable to both of us.’
  ‘Why wouldn't they accept right now a middle person whose decision is final, an arbitrator agreeable to both sides?’
  ‘He thought that using it for transit or for poverty-reduction would probably be agreeable to his government.’
  ‘All complaints are lodged with Father Athanasius, who has to find a solution mutually agreeable to both parties.’
  all right, acceptable, suitable, good, good enough, agreeable, fair, passable, satisfactory, adequate, reasonable, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, average, tolerable
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