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likeable

adj

Etymology

From like + -able.

  1. derived from *galīkaz✻ — “same, like, similar”
  2. inherited from *galīkê✻
  3. derived from líka — “also, likewise”
  4. inherited from ġelīċe — “likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”
  5. inherited from like
  6. inherited from *galīkaz✻ — “like, similar, same”
  7. derived from líkr
  8. inherited from ġelīċ
  9. inherited from lik
  10. suffixed as likeable — “like + able”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of likable.

    • All the better that she was no dandy; all the likeabler that she spoke little; all the safer that she ruled the father an’ was a mistress in the house.
    • He was about the likeablest cuss I ever met. We got to be good friends.
    • He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA