Meaning of unamicability | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being unamicable.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“On Friday night the men assumed such a threatening attitude that it was found necessary to send four policemen to escort the chief officer on board, and owing to the continued unamicability of these “sons of the brine” the Water Police authorities have thought it well to have the vessel watched at night, and with this object a constable parades the wharf and has a boat within call.”

“Let those who imagine themselves miserable, before they find fault with their surroundings, search in their hearts for the cause. A few kind words, or a little forbearance, will often open the way to a flood of sunshine in a house darkened by clouds of discord and unamicability.”

“Jonathan’s father Timothy was Richard’s first child by Elizabeth Tuttle. He was a witness to his mother’s behavior. A long time later he and his sister Abigail were to testify under oath concerning her unwifely conduct and “unamicable carriage” toward her husband. […] Another character trait in Jonathan was earlier displayed in Richard Edwards’ […] persistence in staying married to her for more than a score of years in spite of her flagrant infidelity and “unamicability”; […]”

“This is a rapid, clipped, chattering, birdlike recitation of synonyms with approvals, reaction after each addition, e.g. taps, sighs, claps, nod, facial expressions, exclamations. Various speakers. […] Malice. / He had malice for his Aunt Alice. / But on top of Aunt Alice he forgot his malice. / And said what a good boy am I. / Unamicability. Inimicability. / Watch your plate, dear. / Bitterness. / Chilliness. / Discord. / Ill will.”

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