amicable

AM-ih-kuh-buladj

Meaning friendly and peaceful, without quarrels

Memory hook A-MIC-able: share the MIC, no fight. Maya and Rosa both want to sing, so instead of quarreling, they share the microphone and sing together. Their deal is amicable.

After the game, the two teams shook hands and parted on amicable terms.

In context Even after they decided to close their shop, the partners stayed on amicable terms; they split the tools fairly and still meet for lunch every Friday.

Similar friendly, peaceful, cordial, harmonious

Opposite hostile, bitter, quarrelsome

From Late Latin amicabilis, “friendly,” from amicus, “friend.”

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