Did you by any chance mean likable?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Variant of likable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See likable, likableness.
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of likable.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See likable
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
- adj. easy to like; agreeable.
Etymologies
- like + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Ok that sounds good, just remember that Riley still has to be a little likeable from the beginning.”
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“KF: It is quite hard to create tension in likeable characters but life (or the plot) will often do it.”
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“Harry, although once again more likeable, is still a right prat.”
“I think the way to make sardonic likeable is not make him sardonic 24/7 (it’s how I get away with it), make him generally nice, but frequently give him sardonic lines.”
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“Also she's not terribly likeable, which is very refreshing for a central disabled character.”
“In the Senedd he became known as a likeable AM, whose bluff exterior hid a surprisingly keen political mind.”
“He is competent and likeable, which is one reason I initially doubted he would win.”
“I think he has the kind of likeable charm and slight awkardness that would be perfect ...”
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“(Hollywood, I fear, will soften the character and make her more "likeable," which will ruin her utterly).”
“Well, he seems "likeable" enough to me ... but his agenda?”
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