Affability

Quick meaning: Affability is a noun meaning The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.

Meaning

The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.

Example Sentences

He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability.

[…] he would sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a distant nod or a cool glance, and sometimes bow and smile with gentlemanlike affability.

O conspiracy, Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night, When evils are most free? O, then by day Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy; Hide it in smiles and affability:

The Landlady […] was not without some Concern for the Confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great Sweetness of Temper and Affability the Maid of the House had made so favourable a Report, which was confirmed by all the Squire’s Servants […]

Word Forms

• affabilities

Synonyms for affability

Depending on context, synonyms include bonhomie, geniality, amiability, affableness, amiableness.

Antonyms for affability

Common opposites include unaffability.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amiableness, affableness, amiability, geniality, bonhomie, facility.

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