affable
11affable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ good natured and sociable. DERIVATIVES affability noun affably adverb. ORIGIN Latin affabilis, from ad to + fari speak …
12affable — (a fa bl ) adj. 1° Qui a de l affabilité. • On affecte une certaine modestie extérieure ; on est honnête, prévenant, affable, BOURD. Pensées, t. II, p. 106. • Doux, humbles, patients, affables à tout le monde, et ne cherchant à l égard de… …
13affable — af•fa•ble [[t]ˈæf ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) easy to approach and to talk to; friendly: courteous and affable neighbors[/ex] 2) showing warmth and friendliness; pleasant: an affable smile[/ex] • Etymology: 1530–40; (< MF) < L affābilis courteous,… …
14affable — adjective Etymology: Middle English affabyl, from Anglo French, from Latin affabilis, from affari to speak to, from ad + fari to speak more at ban Date: 15th century 1. being pleasant and at ease in talking to others < an affable host > 2.… …
15AFFABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui a de l affabilité. C est un homme extrêmement affable. Il est d un caractère doux et affable. On dit aussi, Des manières affables …
16AFFABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui a de l’affabilité. C’est un homme extrêmement affable. Il est d’un caractère doux et affable. On dit aussi Des manières affables …
17affable — affability, affableness, n. affably, adv. /af euh beuhl/, adj. 1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman. 2. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable… …
18affable — adjective /ˈæf.ə.bəl/ a) Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I… …
19affable — af|fa|ble [ æfəbl ] adjective friendly, relaxed, and easy to talk to: Beneath his affable manner lies a very tough businessman. an affable smile ╾ af|fa|bil|i|ty [ ,æfə bıləti ] noun uncount ╾ af|fa|bly adverb …
20affable — [16] The Latin original of affable, affābilis, meant ‘easy to speak to’. It was formed from the verb āffārī ‘speak to’, which in turn was derived from the prefix ad ‘to’ and fārī ‘speak’ (the source of fable, fame, and fate). It reached English… …
