All 4 Uses of
affable
in
War and Peace
- The countess looked at her callers, smiling affably, but not concealing the fact that she would not be distressed if they now rose and took their leave.†
Chpt 1 *
- Alexander was saying something affable to him.†
Chpt 5
- But there were no dealers with voices of ingratiating affability inviting customers to enter; there were no hawkers, nor the usual motley crowd of female purchasers—but only soldiers, in uniforms and overcoats though without muskets, entering the Bazaar empty-handed and silently making their way out through its passages with bundles.†
Chpt 11
- The governor was a brisk little man, very simple and affable.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(affable) good natured and sociable