Amenity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amenity \A*men"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Amenities}. [F. am['e]nit['e], L.
     amoenitas, fr. amoenus pleasant.]
     The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in
     respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition;
     pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
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           A sweetness and amenity of temper.       --Buckle.
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           This climate has not seduced by its amenities. --W.
                                                    Howitt.
     [1913 Webster] Amenorrhea --AS

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amenity
       n : pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well
           trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our
           accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading
           at an early age" [syn: {agreeableness}] [ant: {disagreeableness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "amenity":
     accommodation, act of courtesy, advantage, affability,
     agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, amicability, appliance,
     appurtenance, attention, attractiveness, betterment, bliss,
     blissfulness, charm, civilities, civility, comfort, comity,
     compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, considerateness,
     convenience, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, deference,
     delightfulness, enhancement, enjoyableness, enrichment, etiquette,
     excellence, extravagance, facility, fascination, favor,
     felicitousness, frill, gallantry, geniality, goodliness, goodness,
     graceful gesture, gracefulness, graciousness, gratefulness,
     harmoniousness, improvement, mellifluousness, mellowness, merit,
     mores, niceness, pleasance, pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness,
     pleasurability, pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness,
     polite act, politeness, proprieties, quality, rapport, respect,
     respectfulness, sociability, solicitousness, solicitude,
     superfluity, sweetness, sweetness and light, tact, tactfulness,
     thoughtfulness, urbanity, virtue, welcomeness