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inaffability

inaffability noun: lack of affability or sociability; unfriendliness.

Noun

inaffability (uncountable)

  1. (dated, formal) Lack of affability or sociability; unfriendliness.
    • The inaffability of the two girls is already beginning to assume a pinched, soured, discontented turn of countenance, which has made them old before their time.1836, The Diary of a Désennuyée, page 78

Origin of inaffability

Compare French inaffabilité.

Questions about inaffability

What does inaffability mean?
Inaffability means lack of affability or sociability; unfriendliness.
What part of speech is inaffability?
Inaffability is a noun.

Words near inaffability in the dictionary

  1. inadæquate
  2. inaequihymeniiferous
  3. inaequilateral
  4. inaesthetic
  5. inaesthetically
  6. inaffability
  7. inaffable
  8. inaffected
  9. inaffectionate
  10. Inafuku
  11. Inafukus

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