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• a  (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
• s  easy to like; agreeable
  an attractive and likable young man

• The heroines are irresistibly likable: the gentle, bewildered Thelma, married to a smug, low- rent, philandering salesman who wears more gold jewelry than she does, and for whom .
• Maybe their people were doofuses, but they were also the always likable victims of their own klutziness.
• In one America, she's smart, committed, likable, with strong values and empathy for people like them, and in the other she's an ambitious, callous appeaser.

• sympathetic
• appealing
• likeable

• unsympathetic

News & Articles

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• Lincoln was a Great Manager Because He was an Overly Likable Boss
  Richard Wanderer, author of The Holiday Party (A Tale of a Corporate Takeover), commented today on The Drucker Exchange's recent blog post concerning "The Overly Likable Boss" as being a detriment to a manager. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10820244.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb
• Brian Dawkins: Patriots are Tim Tebow's last chance
  Though the intense media attention and fervent fan base will follow Tebow now to New England, Dawkins said Patriots players will soon meet a likable new teammate.
  June 11, 2013 - First Coast News
• Bears release Evan Rodriguez after second arrest
  Fullback-tight end Evan Rodriguez is out with the Bears after his second arrest of the off-seasonless than two weeks ago. The 2012 fourth-round draft pick caught 4 passes for 21 yards last season but was arrested in Chicago for DUI at the end of May. Veteran fullback Tony Fiammetta was signed as a potential replacement. "Evan is a very likable guy," Bears GM Phil Emery said. "We have talked. I'm ...
  June 10, 2013 - Daily Herald

Quotes

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• Pat Robertson in CNN International
  Robertson said Thursday that Sharon was "a very likable person, and I am sad to see him in this condition."
• Larry King in Sports-Odds.com
  I can't be objective because I don't know his feelings, his interest in politics, but Ryan Seacrest...... he is curious, he is interesting, he is likable,Larry King said. "If he has a great interest in politics, I would recommend him."
• Jon Favreau in Urbana Daily Citizen
  Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges co-star in the tale based on the Marvel Comics hero, a man with a subversive sense of humor who starts off as "not the most likable fellow," said director Jon Favreau.