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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AF'FABLE, a. [L. affabilis, of ad and fabulor. See Fable.]
1. Easy of conversation; admitting others to free conversation without reserve; courteous; complaisant; of easy manners; condescending; usually applied to superiors; as an affable prince.
2. Applied to external appearance, affable denotes that combination of features, which invites to conversation, and renders a person accessible, opposed to a forbidding aspect; mild; benign; as, an affable countenance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable, cordial, genial]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English affabyl, from Anglo-French, from Latin affabilis, from affari to speak to, from ad- + fari to speak — more at ban Date: 15th century 1. being pleasant and at ease in talking to others <an affable host> 2. characterized by ease and friendliness <an affable manner> Synonyms: see gracious • affability noun • affably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person) approachable and friendly. 2 kind and courteous, esp. to inferiors. Derivatives: affability n. affably adv. Etymology: F f. L affabilis f. affari (as AD-, fari speak)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Affable Af"fa*ble, a. [F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable.] 1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. --Shak. His manners polite and affable. --Macaulay. 2. Gracious; mild; benign. A serene and affable countenance. --Tatler. Syn: Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is affable is pleasant and friendly. Mr Brooke is an extremely affable and approachable man. = amicable ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Conversible, communicative, free, frank, unreserved, open, accessible, approachable, familiar, easy, free and easy, sociable, social, cordial. 2. Courteous, complaisant, civil, polite, obliging, urbane, debonair, benign, gracious, mild, condescending, well-bred.

Moby Thesaurus

Bohemian, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, amicable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, casual, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, compliant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, decent, deferential, degage, desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, familiar, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society, folksy, fond of society, free and easy, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, haymish, heart-warming, homely, homey, honeyed, hospitable, indulgent, informal, irregular, kind, kindly, likable, loose, loquacious, mellifluous, mellow, mild, natural, nice, obliging, offhand, offhanded, overindulgent, overpermissive, permissive, plain, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polite, relaxed, respectful, rewarding, satisfying, simple, sociable, social, social-minded, solicitous, suave, sweet, sweet-tempered, tactful, talkative, thoughtful, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unstudied, urbane, welcome, well-natured