agreeable
adjective
- ready or willing to agree or consent
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹiːəbəl/ / /əˈɡɹɪbəl/ / /əˈɡɹiəbəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.
- Able to agree; possible to be agreed.
“an agreeable contract”
- Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
“a man with agreeable manners”
“not completely agreeable remarks”
- Willing; ready to agree or consent.
“If the committee is agreeable, we'll make an arrangement agreeable to both sides.”
“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.”
- Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
“That which is Agreeable to the Nature of one thing, is many times Contrary to the Nature of another.”
- Pursuant, conformant, accordant.
“Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.”
“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”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.
- Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
“The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.”