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Definition of Affable
1. Adjective. Diffusing warmth and friendliness. "A genial host"
Similar to: Friendly
Derivative terms: Affability, Affableness, Amiability, Amiability, Amity, Cordiality, Geniality
Definition of Affable
1. a. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
Definition of Affable
1. Adjective. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. ¹
2. Adjective. Mild; benign. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affable
1. easy to talk to [adj] : AFFABLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affable
Literary usage of Affable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"... countermine, protest and swear, vow, promise, what labours un- go, early up,
down late ; how obsequious and affable they are, how po- iit and courteous, ..."
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