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n. - A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).

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Usage examples (5)
  • Adjective : an affable and courteous gentleman. ,an affable smile
  • He was feeling much happier and some of the vague affableness of his youth returned to him.
  • The captain received her as graciously as possible, although he knew at the first glance that his entire stock of affableness could not dispel the threatening clouds.
  • With great affableness expressing a willingness to come twice, if it were desired, Mr. Middleton accompanied the personage, as with an air of brooding mystery, the...
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