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/ˌæfəˈbɪlɪti/ · noun
The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable..
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 […]
[…] 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.
He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability.
Use affability when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Affability means The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable..
Common synonyms include bonhomie, geniality, amiability, affableness.
Possible antonyms include unaffability.
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:
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