simpatico sisterly sociable sympathique unhostile well-affected well-disposed well-intentioned well-meant equivalents (2) Other words for 'well-meaning' amicable intended same context (16) Words that are found in similar contexts amiable conscientious disinterested enlighten hardwor...
2024 The chemistry between Goldstein and Poots would still be engagingly natural (simpatico and renewable in a way more befitting old friends than new lovers), just as the scenes between them would still hum with the low-wattage electricity of a couple that doesn’t have to try that hard. ...
[Middle English, from Old Englishgecynd, race, offspring, kind; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition [Middle Englishkinde, natural, kind, from Old Englishgecynde, natural; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] ...
• But the issue penetrates, or ought to, rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality.• Guitar legend Ry Cooder adds his simpatico guitar weaves.• Nylon: A plain weave nylon.Origin weave1 1. Old English wefan2. (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old Norse veifa “to wave” ...
In the management of my business I led a very active and busy life -- a life, in short, agreeable to my own taste. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers You can hardly make the word agreeable to English ears without this comfortable reference to the reassuring science of archæology. ...
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adverbobsoleteIn the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. nounA friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders. noun(Mil.)A member of one's own military forces, or of ...
Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. adjectiveDisposed to be kindly, friendly, or sympathetic. from The Century Dictionary. Of a good or favorable disposition; in a kindly or friendly state of feeling; well-willed. ...