| 单词 | affability |
| 释义 | affability (once / 5051 pages) n Affability is the quality of being easy to talk to. If you walk into a party smiling and generally seeming up for whatever, your affability will draw people to you. Affability and intelligence will get you far in this world! To be affable is to be friendly and good-natured. The quality itself is called affability. Smiling and making jokes shows affability, and so does being friendly to strangers. Someone who tends to get along with everyone and has many friends has affability. In the Old French, it was affabilité, from the Latin root affabilis, for "approachable, courteous, or kind," and literally means "can be easily spoken to." WORD FAMILYaffability: affabilities+/affable: affability, affableness, affablest, affably USAGE EXAMPLESEven more than the guests’ fashion choices, Ms. Goldman admired their general affability. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) In part that’s thanks to Johnson’s broad, enthusiastic vocal work, which makes good use of the affability that underlies his performative cockiness. Slate(Nov 21, 2016) He is still working to improve his English, but has the charm and affability of a star, Duva said. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) n a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) Syn|Hypo|Hyper affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality condescendingness, condescension affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank mellownessgeniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana sweetness and lighta mild reasonableness friendliness a friendly disposition |
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