The new teacher was well-liked for her affability. From LearnThat.org.
But they exude a certain affability on-screen and off. From Wordnik.com. [The Ferrett Is An Idiot] Reference
The words came as easily from his lips as if his practice in affability had been of the very longest. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball] Reference
Our affability is the armor that protects the inner sensitive personality. From Wordnik.com. [The Joys of Being a Woman and Other Papers] Reference
Therefore affability, which is what we mean by friendship, is a special virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
His affability was a welcome change from the stridency of Eliot Spitzer, yet Paterson quickly proved an unreliable steward. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
We must now consider the friendliness which is called affability, and the opposite vices which are flattery and quarreling. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Historian Austin Woolrych, after noting Richard's "affability," gets to the heart of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
Gave value to her affability by not squandering it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'Put him on to me,' he said, with perfect affability. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
We come to look upon them with patronizing affability. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
He knew how to pose, to feign affability and to be sincere. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
The modesty and affability of the Lord General was much marked. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Very affable, she gave value to her affability by not squandering it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Urbanity is half of affability, and affability is a charm worth possessing. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
"I believe you are mistaken," replied the old man, with the same affability. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
In presence of so much good-humor and affability my scaffolding fell to pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I don't need the wimpy spots and tree-climbing affability of the common leopard. From Wordnik.com. [Panthera pardus] Reference
Trajan, the Roman emperor, has set us an example of condescension and affability. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
"The persuasion of Christmas I believe," said the minister with a gentle affability. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Turns out, affability and a proper British accent works like Valium on most TV critics. From Wordnik.com. [New ABC programming chief Paul Lee wows critics at press tour] Reference
Peter Eyre is a meticuous Colonel Pickering, lacing his affability with self-importance. From Wordnik.com. [Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist; The Magical Menagerie] Reference
The absence of pride and pretension has improved their good nature and their affability. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
But how prefarable is good sense and affability to Beauty: more pleasing a thousand times!. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782] Reference
"That," laughed Gratz, "is the height of affability, under the circumstances; but proceed.". From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
He possessed dignity without pride, affability free from meanness, and courtesy exempt from deceit. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
With affability and a proper British accent, Lee swatted away all questions thrown at him by critics. From Wordnik.com. [New ABC programming chief Paul Lee wows critics at press tour] Reference
The old man received it with affability, and was struck with astonishment at the sight of this wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
His voice was slightly deprecatory; I think he didn't quite give us credit for our father's affability. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Contrast with this the Burmese agreeableness and affability, or the bearing of the Rajput and the Sikh. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Nourgehan received him with the utmost affability, and testified the greatest regret for what had passed. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
He has left us his thoughts upon this situation, which his extreme affability rendered very frequent to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
This contrasts with Michael Lumb who was a picture of affability; on accounts of his Yorkshire genes naturally. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket – as it happened] Reference
And such was his general affability and courtesy to all that no man was ever known to have anticipated his salutations. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
The supposedly charming Edwards rarely showed his affability (even if he didn't display the peevishness of the president). From Wordnik.com. [Trail Mix: Body Blows] Reference
The Brahmin officials were all smiles and affability to me, saying what an excellent act of charity the Patel was performing. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
M'Iver and I walked together with the main body, quite free and unfettered, sometimes talking with affability to our captors. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
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