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unˈaffable, a. (un-1 7.)
1603Daniel To Sir T. Egerton xvii, When surly Law, sterne and vnaffable, Cares onely but itselfe to satisfie. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 19 Nabal's servant was wearie of so unaffable, uncharitable, unreasonable a Master. 1736Neal Hist. Purit. III. 542 He [Charles I] was unaffable and difficult of address. 1770Armstrong Imitations of Shaks. 119 Of walking statues, ghosts unaffable. 1834De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. 1854 II. 189 Southey disliked in Wordsworth the air of dogmatism, and the unaffable haughtiness of his manner. |