 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
affable
adjective: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an
amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: {amiable}, {cordial},
{genial}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Affable \Af"fa*ble\, adjective [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "affable":
Bohemian, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, amicable, attentive,
benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, casual,
cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative,
companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, compliant,
congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, decent, deferential,
degage, desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing,
en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, familiar,
felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society, folksy,
fond of society, free and easy, friendly, generous, genial, gentle,
good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, graceful,
gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, haymish,
heart-warming, homely, homey, honeyed, hospitable, indulgent,
informal, irregular, kind, kindly, likable, loose, loquacious,
mellifluous, mellow, mild, natural, nice, obliging, offhand,
offhanded, overindulgent, overpermissive, permissive, plain,
pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful,
polite, relaxed, respectful, rewarding, satisfying, simple,
sociable, social, social-minded, solicitous, suave, sweet,
sweet-tempered, tactful, talkative, thoughtful, unaffected,
unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional,
unofficial, unstudied, urbane, welcome, well-natured
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