affably

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/ˈæfəbli/

adverb

in an affable manner

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Meanings

adverbaffably (comparative more affably, superlative most affably)

comparative more affably · superlative most affably

  1. in an affable manner
    1 more example

    This fact shows our British independence and honest feeling—our higher orders are not such mere haughty aristocrats as the ignorant represent them: on the contrary, if a man have money they will hold out their hands to him, eat his dinners, dance at his balls, marry his daughters, or give their own lovely girls to his sons, as affably as your commonest roturier would do.

    1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 38, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin an affable manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Esperanto afable
  • afablein an affable manner
Latin affābiliter
  • affābiliterin an affable manner
Polish arcymiło, arcymile
  • arcymiłoin an affable manner
  • arcymilein an affable manner
Portuguese afavelmente
  • afavelmentein an affable manner
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affably,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affably.

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