affability

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌæfəˈbɪlɪti/

Definition of affability

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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:”
    “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 […]”
    “[…] 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.”
    “He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability.”

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Etymology

From affable + -ity.

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