AGREEABLE

AGREE'ABLE, adjective 1. Suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with; as, the practice of virtue is agreeable to the law of God and our own nature.2. In pursuance of; in conformity with; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the house took up the report of the committee. It is not correctly followed by with. In this sense, some writers use agreeably, for agreeable but in violation of the true principles of construction; for the word is an adjective or attribute, in agreement with the last clause of the sentence. The house took up the report of a committee, (which taking up was) agreeable to the order of the day. The use of agreeably in this sentence would pervert the sense.3. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; as, agreeable manners; fruit agreeable to the taste.

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A‐gree″a‐ble (�), a. [[F. agréable.]] 1. 1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith. 2. 2. Willing; ready to agree or consent.
These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. Latimer. 3. 3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; — followed by to, rarely by with.
That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange. 4. 4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; — in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Syn. — Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.