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Amenity definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AME'NITY, n. [L. amanitas; amanus.] Pleasantness; agreeableness of situation; that which delights the eye; used of places and prospects.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English amenite, from Latin amoenitat-, amoenitas, from amoenus pleasant Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality of being pleasant or agreeable b. (1) the attractiveness and value of real estate or of a residential structure (2) a feature conducive to such attractiveness and value 2. usually plural something (as a conventional social gesture) that conduces to smoothness or pleasantness of social relationships <maintaining social amenities> 3. something that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment <hotels with modern amenities>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 (usu. in pl.) a pleasant or useful feature. 2 pleasantness (of a place, person, etc.). Phrases and idioms: amenity-bed Brit. a bed available in a hospital to give more privacy for a small payment. Etymology: ME f. OF amenité or L amoenitas f. amoenus pleasant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. A sweetness and amenity of temper. --Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities. --W. Howitt.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(amenities) Amenities are things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort. The hotel amenities include health clubs, conference facilities, and banqueting rooms. = facility N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Pleasantness, agreeableness, mildness, softness. 2. Suavity, affability, gentleness, refinement, civility, comity, courtesy, politeness, urbanity, complaisance, amiability, geniality, blandness, graciousness, obliging manner, good manners, good-breeding.

Moby Thesaurus

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