From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Amenity \A*men"i*ty\, noun; 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. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}] [ant: {disagreeableness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "amenity": 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
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