affability

af·fa·ble

A0119700 (ăf′ə-bəl)adj.1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.2. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.

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[Middle English affabil, from Old French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affārī, to speak to : ad-, ad- + fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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af′fa·bil′i·ty n.af′fa·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

affability - a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality, amiabilityfriendliness - a friendly dispositioncondescendingness, condescension - affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"mellowness - geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuanasweetness and light - a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light"

affability

noun friendliness, warmth, good humour, civility, benevolence, sociability, good nature, graciousness, cordiality, urbanity, geniality, amiability, mildness, kindliness, congeniality, approachability, courtesy, pleasantness, benignity, amicability, obligingness Beneath the surface affability there was a struggle for power.

affability

nounThe quality of being pleasant and friendly:agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amiableness, congeniality, congenialness, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth.

Translations

和蔼可亲

affable

(ˈӕfəbl) adjective pleasant and easy to talk to. an affable young man. 和藹可親的 和蔼可亲的ˈaffably adverb 和藹可親地 和蔼可亲地ˌaffaˈbility noun 和藹可親 和蔼可亲