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Definition of Affability
1. Noun. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
Generic synonyms: Friendliness
Specialized synonyms: Condescendingness, Condescension, Mellowness, Sweetness And Light
Derivative terms: Affable, Affable, Amiable, Amiable, Amiable, Genial
Definition of Affability
1. n. The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
Definition of Affability
1. Noun. The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Affability
Literary usage of Affability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... from the word court, signifying alter the manner of a court or courtier, refers
to actions and manners ; affability flows from the natural temper; ..."
2. Conversations with Children on the Gospels by Amos Bronson Alcott (1837)
"affability.— Human Supremacy. — Views of Phenomena. — Idea and Emblem of Purity.
... 1 And the third day there was a marriage Before the affability. ..."
3. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"His death was sincerely lamented by a great majority of the citizens of Florence,
whose favour he had conciliated in a high degree by his affability, ..."
4. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"OF THE FRIENDLINESS THAT IS CALLED affability. ARTICLE I.—Is friendliness a
special virtue ? R. Where there occurs a special character of goodness, ..."
5. England Under the House of Hanover: Its History and Condition During the by Thomas Wright (1848)
"A caricature, published by Gillray on the 10th of February, 1795, represents an
example of royal "affability." The King and Queen, in their rural walks, ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"The earl of Essex, by slow and easy marches, and without any opposition- or
trouble, entered into Dorsetshire; and by his great civility, and affability ..."
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