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amical

UK/ˈa.mɪkl/

amical adjective: friendly, amicable.

Adjective

amical (comparative more amical, superlative most amical)

  1. (archaic) Friendly, amicable.
    • The Encyclopédie pulled through this crisis mainly through the amical assistance of Malesherbes, councillor in the Paris Cour des Aides, a member of the Lamoignon clan, and official Director of the Book Trade.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 172

Forms of amical

comparativemore amical
superlativemost amical

Origin of amical

Borrowed from Middle French amical, from Latin amīcālis.

Questions about amical

What does amical mean?
Amical means friendly, amicable.
What part of speech is amical?
Amical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce amical?
Amical is pronounced /ˈa.mɪkl/ (UK).

Words near amical in the dictionary

  1. amicable suits
  2. amicableness
  3. amicablenesses
  4. amicably
  5. amicae curiae
  6. amical
  7. amicarbalide
  8. amice
  9. amices
  10. amicetin
  11. amici

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