Agreeable Meaning
/əˈɡɹiːəbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to agree; possible to be agreed.
adjPleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
Sentence Examples
I'm quite agreeable to doing my duty.
That is most agreeable to the taste.
He could make himself agreeable to almost anyone.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather was so ____ that we decided to have a picnic in the park.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather was very ____, which made our hike in the woods perfect.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the train of agreeable reveries."
— 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:
"These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town."
— 1529, Hugh Latimer, sermon in Cambridge:
"That which is Agreeable to the Nature of one thing, is many times Contrary to the Nature of another."
— 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
"And I do not know of any Indian or Indians that have taken upon them to give up any lands to the White people other than agreeable to the treaty , nor would I accept of any but from the nation"
— 1883, Charles Colcock Jones, The History of Georgia: Revolutionary epoch:
"The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you."
— 1855, Blackwood's magazine, volume 77, page 331:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather was so ____ that we decided to have a picnic in the park.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather was very ____, which made our hike in the woods perfect.