All 4 Uses of
affable
in
David Copperfield
- But he greatly relieved my mind by putting a chair for me at the table, and saying, very affably, 'Now, six-foot! come on!'†
Chpt 4-6 *
- He looked like a young clergyman, in his white cravat, but he was very affable and good-humoured; and he showed me my place, and presented me to the masters, in a gentlemanly way that would have put me at my ease, if anything could.†
Chpt 16-18
- 'Do I follow you?' said Mrs. Micawber, with her most affable air of business.†
Chpt 34-36
- Instead of returning my 'Good morning' with his usual affability, he looked at me in a distant, ceremonious manner, and coldly requested me to accompany him to a certain coffee-house, which, in those days, had a door opening into the Commons, just within the little archway in St. Paul's Churchyard.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(affable) good natured and sociable