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affably

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af·fa·ble  (f-bl)
adj.
1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
2. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.
[Middle English affabil, from Old French affable, from Latin affbilis, from affr, to speak to : ad-, ad- + fr, to speak; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
affa·bili·ty n.
affa·bly adv.
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Adv.1.affably - in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably"
amiably, genially
Translations
affably [ˈæfəblɪ] ADV → afablemente
affably [ˈæfəbli] adv [say, smile] → affablement, avec affabilité
affably [ˈæfəblɪ] adv → affabilmente


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The countess looked at her callers, smiling affably, but not concealing the fact that she would not be distressed if they now rose and took their leave.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
While they were thus employed, a tallish gentleman with a hook nose and black hair, dressed in a military surtout very short and tight in the sleeves, and which had once been frogged and braided all over, but was now sadly shorn of its garniture and quite threadbare-- dressed too in ancient grey pantaloons fitting tight to the leg, and a pair of pumps in the winter of their existence--looked in at the door and smiled affably.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Bestowing a word of promise here and a smile there, a whisper on one happy slave and a wave of the hand on another, Monseigneur affably passed through his rooms to the remote region of the Circumference of Truth.
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