Defn: The quality of being affable; readiness to converse;
courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant
behavior.
Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love.
Elyot
AFFABLE Af"fa*ble, a. Etym: [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.
AFFABLENESS
Af"fa*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Affability.
AFFABLY
Af"fa*bly, adv.
Defn: In an affable manner; courteously.
AFFABROUS
Af"fa*brous, a. Etym: [L. affaber workmanlike; ad + faber.]