单词 | amicably |
释义 | amicably (once / 4797 pages) adv When you do something amicably, you're doing it politely and nicely. It's best to deal with traffic cops and waiters amicably. This word for doing things in a pleasant manner is often used in not so amicable situations. Let's say a couple gets divorced — if they parted amicably, then there wasn't a lot of yelling and screaming, and they both agreed to it. You could say two countries that dislike each other had a meeting of their leaders that was conducted amicably: they were polite and said nice things, even though that's not necessarily how they felt. WORD FAMILYamicable: amicability, amicableness, amicably+/amicableness: amicablenesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt may be you two will decide to amicably divorce and become co-parents. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) Sometimes these licensing deals are negotiated amicably, and sometimes they’re settled in a protracted legal battle. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Mr. Jones declined to say anything other than that the matter had been “amicably resolved.” Wall Street Journal(Nov 09, 2016) adv in an amicable manner they separated amicably |
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