affability
/ˌæfəˈbɪlɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.82 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "O conspiracy, Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night, When evils are most free? O, then by day Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy; Hide it in smiles and affability:"
- "The Landlady […] was not without some Concern for the Confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great Sweetness of Temper and Affability the Maid of the House had made so favourable a Report, which was confirmed by all the Squire’s Servants […]"
- "[…] he would sometimes pass me haughtily and coldly, just acknowledging my presence by a distant nod or a cool glance, and sometimes bow and smile with gentlemanlike affability."
- "He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability."
- "Bald, obliging, and on his way to training classes for his Irish setter, Mr. Telle is more the portrait of avuncular Norwegian affability than a would-be climate warrior."
Etymology
Etymology tree English affable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English affability From affable + -ity.