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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions;
- Example: "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"
- Example: "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age"
[syn: agreeableness, amenity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amenity \A*men"i*ty\, n.; pl. Amenities. [F. am['e]nit['e], L.
   amoenitas, fr. amoenus pleasant.]
   The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in
   respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition;
   pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
   [1913 Webster]

         A sweetness and amenity of temper.       --Buckle.
   [1913 Webster]

         This climate has not seduced by its amenities. --W.
                                                  Howitt.
   [1913 Webster] Amenorrhea --AS


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amenity
    n 1: pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well
         trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our
         accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at
         an early age" [syn: agreeableness, amenity] [ant:
         disagreeableness]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "amenity":
   accommodation, act of courtesy, advantage, affability,
   agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, amicability, appliance,
   appurtenance, attention, attractiveness, betterment, bliss,
   blissfulness, charm, civilities, civility, comfort, comity,
   compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, considerateness,
   convenience, cordiality, courteousness, courtesy, deference,
   delightfulness, enhancement, enjoyableness, enrichment, etiquette,
   excellence, extravagance, facility, fascination, favor,
   felicitousness, frill, gallantry, geniality, goodliness, goodness,
   graceful gesture, gracefulness, graciousness, gratefulness,
   harmoniousness, improvement, mellifluousness, mellowness, merit,
   mores, niceness, pleasance, pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness,
   pleasurability, pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness,
   polite act, politeness, proprieties, quality, rapport, respect,
   respectfulness, sociability, solicitousness, solicitude,
   superfluity, sweetness, sweetness and light, tact, tactfulness,
   thoughtfulness, urbanity, virtue, welcomeness