as in gentleness
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Noun
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Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Its gentleness of flavors speaks to the hotel’s commitment to culinary simplicity and elegance.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
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Politicians in these countries have quietly expressed revulsion at President Donald Trump’s apparent friendliness with Vladimir Putin and willingness to make sweetheart deals at the expense of Ukraine.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the early 2000s, the village's pedestrian friendliness and mix of uses was ahead of its time — for the U.S.—
Alexandria Sands,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His research concluded that sociability, or friendliness in dogs is significantly related to size.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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These sentiments could lead to links between sweet preference and sociability, or approachableness.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Placability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placability. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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