All 5 Uses of
affable
in
Pride and Prejudice
- The subject elevated him to more than usual solemnity of manner, and with a most important aspect he protested that "he had never in his life witnessed such behaviour in a person of rank—such affability and condescension, as he had himself experienced from Lady Catherine.†
Chpt 14
- Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but he had never seen anything but affability in her.†
Chpt 14 *
- She is all affability and condescension, and I doubt not but you will be honoured with some portion of her notice when service is over.†
Chpt 28
- I rather expected, from my knowledge of her affability, that it would happen.†
Chpt 29
- "Yes, ma'am, that he was indeed; and his son will be just like him—just as affable to the poor."†
Chpt 43
Definition:
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(affable) good natured and sociable