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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Affable

/ăf'-əb-əl/ · Af·fa·ble · IPA /ˈæf.ə.bəl/
01 a. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
  1. 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. 2.
    Gracious; mild; benign.
    “A serene and affable countenance.” — Tatler.
Syn. Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending.