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Webster 1913 Edition
Affable
1.
Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
An
affable
and courteous gentleman. Shakespeare
His manners polite and
affable
. Macaulay.
2.
Gracious; mild; benign.
A serene and
affable
countenance. Tatler.
Syn. – Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affable
AF'FABLE
,Adj.
1.
Easy of conversation; admitting others to free conversation without reserve; courteous; complaisant; of easy manners; condescending; usually applied to superiors; as an affable prince.2.
Applied to external appearance, affable denotes that combination of features, which invites to conversation, and renders a person accessible, opposed to a forbidding aspect; mild; benign; as, an affable countenance.Definition 2024
affable
affable
English
Adjective
affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
- Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- 1912: James Burrill Angell, The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell, chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- 1912: James Burrill Angell, The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell, chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
- Mild; benign.
- 1998: Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...
- 1998: Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
Synonyms
- (friendly, courteous): accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious
- (mild, benign): benign, mild, warm
Derived terms
Translations
friendly, courteous, sociable
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mild; benign