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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affable \Af"fa*ble\, a. [F. affable, L. affabilis fr affari to
speak to ad + fari to speak. See {Fable}.]
1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly
and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner;
courteous; sociable.
An affable and courteous gentleman. --Shak.
His manners polite and affable. --Macaulay.
2. Gracious; mild; benign.
A serene and affable countenance. --Tatler.
Syn: Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign;
condescending.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
affable
adj : diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: {amiable}, {cordial},
{genial}]
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