affable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]French affable, Latin affābilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“speak, talk”). See fable.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
- Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- Synonyms: accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious, personable
- 1912, James Burrill Angell, “chapter ix Mission To The Ottoman Empire”, in The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell:
- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Chief White Halfoat”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 45:
- […] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be interested.
- Mild; benign.
- 1998, Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84:
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree […]
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]friendly, courteous, sociable
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mild; benign
References
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “affable”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin affābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]affable (plural affables)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “affable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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