Adjective
affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
- Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- Synonyms: accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious, personable
1912, James Burrill Angell, “chapter ix Mission To The Ottoman Empire”, in The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell:Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Chief White Halfoat”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 45:[…] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be interested.
- Mild; benign.
- Synonyms: benign, mild, warm
1998, Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84:During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree […]
Translations
friendly, courteous, sociable
- Azerbaijani: gülərüz
- Bulgarian: приветлив (bg) (privetliv), вежлив (bg) (vežliv), любезен (bg) (ljubezen), внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen)
- Czech: vlídný (cs), přívětivý (cs)
- Dutch: gemoedelijk (nl), welwillend (nl)
- Esperanto: afabla (eo)
- Finnish: mukava (fi)
- French: aimable (fr)
- Galician: afábel (gl)
- German: umgänglich (de), affabel (de)
- Italian: affabile (it)
- Kazakh: жайдары (jaidary)
- Latin: affābilis
- Maori: wahawaha, hoahoa, takahoahoa, whakahoahoa, hūmārie, ratarata
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hyggelig (no), vennlig (no), elskverdig
- Plautdietsch: schaftich
- Polish: sympatyczny (pl), arcymiły (pl)
- Portuguese: afável (pt)
- Romanian: cordial (ro), afabil (ro)
- Russian: приве́тливый (ru) (privétlivyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: suairce
- Spanish: afable (es)
- Swedish: älskvärd (sv), förbindlig (sv), vänlig (sv)
- Turkish: arkadaş canlısı (tr)
- Ukrainian: привітний m (pryvitnyj), люб'язний m (ljubʺjaznyj)
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