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affable

UK/ˈæf.ə.bəl/

affable adjective: receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

Adjective

affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)

  1. 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 had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.1912, James Burrill Angell, “chapter ix Mission To The Ottoman Empire”, in The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell
    • […] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be...1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Chief White Halfoat”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 45
  2. Mild; benign.
    • During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree[…]1998, Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
    Synonyms:
    benign, mild, warm

affable meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

affable in Hindi

affable, amiable, genial
मिलनसार milansār

affable in Urdu

affable, amiable, genial
ملنسار milansār

affable in Bengali

বন্ধুবৎসল, অমায়িক

affable in Malayalam

മധുരവാക്കായ, ഉപചാരശീലമുളള, കൃപയുള്ള, അനുനയമുള്ള
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affable in Kannada
ನೊಚ್ಚಗಿನ

Examples of affable in a sentence

  • My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
  • Beside me is an affable young man who goes by the name of Haz.
  • I hope I appear affable and bossish enough, and not that distracted.

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Synonyms of affable

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of affable

Forms of affable

comparativemore affable
superlativemost affable

Origin of affable

Borrowed from French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affor (“to address”), from ad + for (“to speak, to talk”). See fable. By surface analysis, af- + fable.

Words formed from affable

Questions about affable

What does affable mean?
Affable means receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
What is affable in Hindi?
Affable in Hindi is मिलनसार (milansār). See Affable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is affable?
Affable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce affable?
Affable is pronounced /ˈæf.ə.bəl/ (UK).

Words near affable in the dictionary

  1. aff'd mem.
  2. aff'g
  3. aff.
  4. affabilities
  5. affability
  6. affable
  7. affableness
  8. affablest
  9. affably
  10. affabrous
  11. affabulation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affable (page history and authors); मिलनसार (Hindi) (page history and authors); ملنسار (Urdu) (page history and authors); affable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affable (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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