likable

• likeable (often British spelling)

From like +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪkəbl̩/

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likable (comparative more likable or likabler, superlative most likable or likablest) (often American spelling)

1. (of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.

   She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.

   • 1938 February 24, “Judge Paine^[sic] of Nebraska Supreme Court Addresses Dorchester Folks”, in The Dorchester Star, volume LIX, number 20, Dorchester, Neb., →OCLC, page [3], column 3:

     From the very moment that Judge Payne was introduced to his party he proved himself a likabler guide[.]

   • 1959, John Harris, Margaret Harris, chapter 2, in Chant of the Hawk, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, published 1962pages=24–25, →LCCN, →OCLC:

     Rendezvous of ’37. He was sashaying around nice as you please. A little green. But the likablest sort of fellow you’d ever want to see.

   • 1983, Greg Matthews, “Captured by Injuns—Amazing Revelations—[…]”, in The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 191:

     “[…] Seeing as you ain’t from farming stock I won’t tell what you done, […] but if it turns out you ain’t likable I’ll tell, so you just better be someone I can like.” / “Yes, ma’am. Most folks say I’m the likablest boy they ever met.”

2. Capable of, or suitable for, being liked.
   • 2010, Grant Garris, Under the Red Velvet Cover, page 170:

     I often struggle the most when trying to decide on what to wear because I wanted people to like me. I believed that if the shirt was not likable by others then I was not likeable^[sic].

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