likable

likable
likableness, likability, n.
/luy"keuh beuhl/, adj.
readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
Also, likeable.
[1720-30; LIKE2 + -ABLE]
Syn. genial, attractive, winsome, engaging.

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