When you do something amicably, you're doing it politely and nicely. It's best to deal with traffic cops and waiters amicably.

Pronunciation: /'æmikəbli/
English description: in an amicable manner
Synonyms: friendly
Chinese Translation: 友善地(you3 shan4 de)
Spanish Translation: amistosamente
ORIGIN: This word for doing things in a pleasant manner is often used in not so amicable situations. Let's say a couple gets divorced — if they parted amicably, then there wasn't a lot of yelling and screaming, and they both agreed to it. You could say two countries that dislike each other had a meeting of their leaders that was conducted amicably: they were polite and said nice things, even though that's not necessarily how they felt.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

"The settlement amicably resolves the matter as the most efficient way to minimize cost," the firm said.
But with such clear and measurable results, they have not been required, as disputes have been settled amicably.

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