(a.) Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prosocial behavior mediated the relations of gender and expressed emotions with likability (i.e., gender and expressed emotions were each related to prosocial behavior, and prosocial behavior was related to likability, but neither gender nor expressed emotions were related to likability with prosocial behavior partialled out).
(2) Eye-to-eye, the bumbling bonhomie appeared to be a lacquer of likability over a living obelisk of corporate power.
(3) I distinctly recall thinking that he was one of the most likable adults I had thus far encountered.
(4) Measures of likability, emotion knowledge, prosocial and aggressive behavior, peer competence, and expressed emotions (happy and angry) were obtained for 65 subjects (mean age = 44 months).
(5) As women become more successful, they're perceived as less likable; for men, it's the opposite.
(6) As expected, actors who had a good reputation or were remorseful were seen as more likable, as having better motives, as doing the damage unintentionally, as more sorry and as less blameworthy.
(7) Why is Adele so robustly likable, while the equally successful Taylor Swift often comes across like a wounded deer?
(8) Like most of the characters he has played, Bateman can get away with saying terrible things but still be incredibly likable.
(9) Analysis using Roter's coding scheme suggests that faculty scored students on the basis of likability rather than specific behavioral skills, limiting their ability to provide behaviorally specific feedback.
(10) This desire to play likable guys incurred the dislike of some critics, who found Williams' film CV too dependent on these secular saints.
(11) Dentist perceptions of patient sophistication and anxiety were related to several patient characteristics, but perceptions of patient likability were unrelated to patient personal and social characteristics.
(12) Edward the professor is likable and trustworthy, but what the party needs more of is Evangelical Ed.
(13) Groups of untrained judges viewed the tapes and rated their impressions of the subjects on scales of likability, speaking effectiveness, and expressivity-confidence.
(14) Only the female children of schizophrenics were viewed as less likable than controls.
(15) But although his likability, proven persistence and enforced gravitas will hold him in good stead as he embarks upon a road much harder than the one he's already travelled, he has a lot more to prove.
(16) Pratt got happy and fat, acknowledging that being big made the character more likable.
(17) PEI Aggression and Withdrawal scores were more stable in grades 3 and 5 than in grade 1, and the Likability factor was more stable in grades 2 to 5 than in grade 1.
(18) Finally, whereas the aggressive character was low in likability at all grades, the withdrawn character was viewed as increasingly less likable as grade increased.
(19) However, they were not very accurate at discerning which partners perceived them as most competent or most likable across all interactions (person accuracy).
(20) The comments were positive, and lovely, my “voice” being described as warm or approachable; down to earth and likable.
Unamiable
Definition:
(a.) Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.
Example Sentences:
(1) The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement that 611 civilians were among 1,103 people killed in the country last month, with the rest being from the security forces.
(2) Kreischer passionately describes her seaweed burger as “an orgasm of flavours” that includes unami and a BBQ taste due to a combination of spices used.
(3) According to UNAMI, 2014 was the deadliest in Iraq since the peak of the country’s sectarian conflict in 2006-2007, with a total of 12,282 people killed and 23,126 wounded.