Both Uses of
affable
in
Oliver Twist
- Not that it was Mr. Giles's habit to admit to too great familiarity the humbler servants: towards whom it was rather his wont to deport himself with a lofty affability, which, while it gratified, could not fail to remind them of his superior position in society.†
Chpt 28 *
- 'Can't I be supposed to feel—_I_ as brought him up porochially—when I see him a-setting here among ladies and gentlemen of the very affablest description!†
Chpt 51
Definition:
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(affable) good natured and sociable