amiably

1. 1.

   in an affable manner

   “`Come and visit me,' he said amiably”

   Synonymsaffablygenially

Questions about amiably

What does amiably mean?

amiably means "in an affable manner".

How many syllables are in amiably?

amiably has 4 syllables: a-mi-a-bly. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪmiəbli/.

What is another word for amiably?

Close synonyms include affably, genially. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amiably a common word?

amiably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.