adv.; also 5–6 amyably. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In an amiable manner.
† 1. Amicably, in a friendly manner. Obs.
1489. Caxton, Fayt of Armes, IV. v. 243. Praying that amyably they wyl receyue his lettres.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froissart, I. ccxxix. 308. He was amyably alyed with the kynge of Grenada.
1692. R. Lestrange Josephus Ant., x. xi. (1733), 290. They … look perhaps, less amiably upon it [their food].
† 2. Lovably, agreeably, so as to attract love or admiration. Obs.
1605. Drayton, Man in Moone, 136. Her Cleere and dainty Skin, To the beholder amiably did show.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 129. The Palaces rise so amiably.
1779. Johnson, Milton, 157. The solitary fidelity of Abdiel is very amiably painted.
3. Good-temperedly; with kindly disposition.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, III. iii. 97. Amiably arrogant.
1841. Miall, Nonconf., I. 3. He then very amiably remarks.
1851. Ruskin, Mod. Paint. (1860), V. 151. Which we should be amiably grieved to think any human being had been so happy as to find before.
