bonhomous

/ ˈbɒnəməs /

adjective

1. exhibiting bonhomie

Example Sentences

Georges Briguet, the bonhomous owner of Le Périgord, who greeted and seated guests by name nightly at that classic haute cuisine French restaurant in Manhattan for a half-century, died on July 26 in Montauk, N.Y.

From New York Times

You don’t necessarily go to a meyhane for great food; a bonhomous atmosphere matters more.

From New York Times

In this simple sentiment we can find hope, as we can in the efforts of those cleaning up the debris and ash in bonhomous, broom-wielding posses.

From The Guardian

He was then totally at home as the bonhomous but mountingly indignant Mr Hardcastle in a revival of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer at the Young Vic in 1972.

From The Guardian

I am not a great fan of the festive period – I hate the colour scheme, I hate the waste, I hate the mass-media implication that anyone not gathered round a glistening and bonhomous board with 70 of their dearest and loveliest is somehow an irredeemable failure, I don't want to send cards to people with whom I would otherwise never communicate, I don't think recycling the cards afterwards is really the point – why not simply not send them in the first place?

From The Guardian

Related Words

• accommodating
• affable
• amiable
• approachable
• compassionate
• congenial
• considerate
• cordial
• courteous
• courtly
• friendly
• genial
• good-natured
• hospitable
• loving
• polite
• sociable
• well-mannered