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Webster 1913 Edition


Affability

Afˊfa-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
affabilitas
: cf. F.
affabilité
.]
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

Webster 1828 Edition


Affability

AFFABIL'ITY

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Noun.
[See Affable.] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; civility and courteousness, in receiving others, and in conversation; condescension in manners. Affability of countenance is that mildness of aspect, which invites to free social intercourse.