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affable
[ af-uh-buhl ]
adjective
an affable and courteous gentleman.
Synonyms: sociable, gracious, genial, approachable, amiable, accessible
Antonyms: standoffish, distant, inaccessible, unapproachable, unsociable, unfriendly
an affable smile.
affable
/ ˈæfəbəl /
adjective
- showing warmth and friendliness; kindly; mild; benign
- easy to converse with; approachable; amicable
Derived Forms
- ˈaffably, adverb
- ˌaffaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- af·fa·bil·i·ty [af-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], af·fa·ble·ness noun
- af·fa·bly adverb
- un·af·fa·ble adjective
- un·af·fa·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of affable1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
And that brings me to an otherwise affable cast of candidates.
He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.
She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.
He had to prove that Fallon's reign isn't a fluke, that late night really can be a home for the affable and good-natured.
In manners affable, and in benevolence unsurpassed, the Kentucky planter gains the plaudits of all.
Col. Moore, a veteran politician of the Old Dominion, was a most pleasant and affable gentleman, and a great lisper withal.
Montaigne would say:219 I will have elbow-room: I will be courteous and affable according to my fancy, without fear or remorse.
It was the rule to be courteous, affable, gentlemanly, for all this was in harmony with the severity of art.
She had seen him on his former visit, and remembered favourably his genial good-humour and affable bearing.
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