affable
21affable — [[t]æ̱fəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is affable is pleasant and friendly. Mr Brooke is an extremely affable and approachable man. Syn: amicable Derived words: affability [[t]æ̱fəbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Beneath the surface affability there was …
22affable — UK [ˈæfəb(ə)l] / US adjective friendly, relaxed, and easy to talk to Beneath his affable manner lies a very tough businessman. an affable smile Derived words: affability UK [ˌæfəˈbɪlətɪ] / US noun uncountable affably adverb …
23affable — /ˈæfəbəl / (say afuhbuhl) adjective 1. easy to talk to or to approach; polite; friendly: *He was affable but entirely impersonal, as always –c.j. koch, 1978. 2. expressing affability, mild; benign: *he asked in that affable tone academics save… …
24affable — [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… …
25affable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. friendly, sociable, gracious; approachable. See courtesy. Ant., discontented, sour, impolite. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sociable, courteous, approachable, friendly; see amiable , friendly 1 . See… …
26affable — af|fa|ble [ˈæfəbəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin affabilis, from affari, from ad to + fari to speak ] friendly and easy to talk to = ↑pleasant ▪ an affable guy >affably adv >affability [ˌæfəˈbılıti] n [U] …
27affable — adjective friendly and easy to talk to: an affable guy affably adverb affability noun (U) …
28affable — adjective he would have us believe that his sexual advances were merely the charming excesses of an affable rogue Syn: friendly, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, warm, pleasant, nice, likable, personable, charming, agreeable, sympathetic,… …
29affable — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, amicable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, casual, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate,… …
30affable — af·fa·ble || æfÉ™bl adj. friendly, amiable; easy to talk to …
