agreeable

[Eng. agree, and -able; Fr. agréable.] 1. Colloquially : Disposed to consent with pleasure to an arrangement or proposal. 2. Consistent with, in harmony with, conformable to. Followed by to , or more rarely by with . is agreeable to optical principles."-Herschel: Astronomy, § 417. "What you do is not at all agreeable , either with so good a Christian or so reasonable and great a person.' -Temple. 3. Pleasing to the senses, to the mind, or both. "Once he was roused from a state of abject despondency by an agreeable sensation, speedily followed by a mortifying disappointment."- Macaulay : Hist. of Eng . , ch. xiv. Often in advertisements of houses one of the recommendations held out is "agreeable society." 4. Abnormally for the adverb agreeably (though Webster contends that this use of the word is normal and right): In pursuance of. "Agreeable hereunto, perhaps it might not be ami ."-Locke on Education . a-gree-a-ble-ne , 8. [Eng. agreeable; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being agreeable. "Pleasant tastes depend, not on the things themselves, but their agreeablene to this or that particular palate; wherein there is great variety."-Locke. 2. Fitne to inspire a moderate amount of pleasure. "It is very much an image of that author's writing, who has an agreeablene that charms us, without correctne ; like a mistre whose faults we see, but love her with them all."-Pope. 128 a-gree-a-bly, adv. [Eng. agreeable; -ly.] 1. In conformity with, in harmony with. "They may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jeru- salem; agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord."-1 Esdras viii. 12. * 2. Alike, in the same manner. "At last he met two knights to him unknowne, The which were armed both agreeably ." Spenser: F. Q., VL. vii. a. 3. Pleasingly, in a manner to give a moderate amount of pleasure. "I did never imagine that so many excellent rules could be produced so advantageously and agreeably ."Swift.