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amenity
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As a noun, amenity means pleasantness.
Meanings of amenity
5 meaningsnoun
Pleasantness.
“We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.”
A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
“All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.”
Convenience.
cartographyA unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
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”
Similar: agreeableness
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).