affability
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af·fa·ble
(ăf′ə-bəl)adj.
1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
2. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.
[Middle English affabil, from Old French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affārī, to speak to : ad-, ad- + fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
af′fa·bil′i·ty n.
af′fa·bly adv.
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Noun | 1. | affability - a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) friendliness - a friendly disposition condescendingness, condescension - affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable" mellowness - geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana sweetness and light - a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light" |
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affability
noun friendliness, warmth, good humour, civility, benevolence, sociability, good nature, graciousness, cordiality, urbanity, geniality, amiability, mildness, kindliness, congeniality, approachability, courtesy, pleasantness, benignity, amicability, obligingness Beneath the surface affability there was a struggle for power.
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affability
nounThe quality of being pleasant and friendly:
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Translations
أُنْس، لُطْف، دَمَاثَه
vlídnost
elskværdighedomgængelighedvenlighed
viîfelldni
canayakınlık
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affability
n → Umgänglichkeit f, → Freundlichkeit f
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affable
(ˈӕfəbl) adjective pleasant and easy to talk to. an affable young man.
ˈaffably adverbˌaffaˈbility noun
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