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affability

[ af-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the quality of being pleasantly easy to approach and talk to; friendliness or warm politeness:

    Her affability and good nature endear her to all those acquainted with her, and put at ease anyone meeting her for the first time.



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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of affability1

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Middle French ڴڲé, from Latin ڴ-, stem of ڴ, equivalent to ڴ() “that can be spoken to, courteous” ( affable ( def ) ) + - -ity ( def )
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She's one of pop's most poised stars, choosing her words carefully and brushing away personal questions with a practised affability.

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There was a playfulness and affability that was lacking this year, and was instead replaced by tension, haughtiness, indifference and downright rudeness — a sentiment that I heard from multiple camp mates, both old and new.

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And Johnson, who devotes “two to four hours a week” to his project, has just the right mix of passion and affability to nudge labels in the right direction.

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Those relationships, and Bylsma’s apparent affability, might have factored into the search.

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Before it all sits an elongated train station, a mix of Victorian grandeur and small-town affability.

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