affability
/ˌæfəˈbɪlɪti/
affability noun: the state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
Noun
affability (countable and uncountable, plural affabilities)
- The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
- O conspiracy,
Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,
When evils are most free? O, then by day
Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough
To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy;
Hide it in smiles and affability:1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - The Landlady […] was not without some Concern for the Confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great Sweetness of Temper and Affability the Maid of the House had made so favourable a Report, which was confirmed by all the Squire’s Servants […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 3, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XVI, page 191
- Synonyms:
- bonhomie
- O conspiracy,
affability meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
affability in Hindi
- affability
- सुशीलता suśīltā
affability in Tamil
- இன்னயம், கலகலப்பு, இன்சொல்லுடைமை, சினேகம், இணக்கநயம், அன்பணைப்பு
affability in Urdu
- شائستگی
affability in Malayalam
- amiability, friendliness, geniality
- സൗമ്യത, മിത്രഭാവം, മൈത്രി, മെരിക്കം, ഇണക്കം, സൗഹാർദ്ദം
More languagesFewer languages
- affability in Kannada
- ಸದರ
- affability in Malay
- keramahan
Examples of affability in a sentence
- […] he would sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a distant nod or a cool glance, and sometimes bow and smile with gentlemanlike affability.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XIV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […]...
- He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability.1938, C. L. R. James, chapter 11, in The Black Jacobins, New York: Vintage, published 1989, page 251:
- Telle is more the portrait of avuncular Norwegian affability than a would-be climate warrior.2026 May 15, Mark Sappenfield, “Even Norway is facing an energy crunch. It is hunting for solutions.”, in The Christian Science Monitor...
Synonyms of affability
Antonyms
Forms of affability
| plural | affabilities |
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Origin of affability
From affable + -ity.
Words that rhyme with affability
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about affability
- What does affability mean?
- Affability means the state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
- What is affability in Hindi?
- Affability in Hindi is सुशीलता (suśīltā). See Affability meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use affability in a sentence?
- […] he would sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a distant nod or a cool glance, and sometimes bow and smile with gentlemanlike affability.
- What part of speech is affability?
- Affability is a noun.
- How do you pronounce affability?
- Affability is pronounced /ˌæfəˈbɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of affability?
- The plural of affability is affabilities.
Words near affability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affability (page history and authors); सुशीलता (Hindi) (page history and authors); affability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affability (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affability (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); affability (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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