Vocabulary
Amicable
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
Urdu meaning
مہربان، یارانہ، دوستانہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- the conference should be brought about and the possibility of an amicable solution investigated.
- This prompted the authorities to hurriedly bring forward a long overdue CCI session that had been set for May 2 to find an amicable solution.
- Pakistan and Afghanistan must also reach an amicable solution so that there is a mutually agreed regime in place concerning the documents required for border crossing.
- Both Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari have tried to placate the maulana, but unless there is an amicable resolution, the JUI-F may bring its considerable cadres onto the roads to protest the delay.
- THE protest sit-in by hundreds of police personnel in KP`s Lakki Marwat district entered its third day on Wednesday, with no sign of an amicable resolution.
Synonyms
friendly, good-natured, cordial, civil, courteous, polite, easy, easy-going, neighbourly
Antonyms
unfriendly, hostile
Curator example
“an amicable settlement of the dispute”
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