| Noun | 1. | affableness - a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)friendliness - a friendly disposition condescendingness, 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 marijuana sweetness and light - a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light" |