Sample Sentences for
affable
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  • He was finding the general a most thoughtful and affable host,  (source)
  • To Vladimir and Estragon, affably.  (source)
    affably = in a good natured and sociable manner
  • The affable man gradually turned into a grouchy, taciturn recluse.†  (source)
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  • With a rising sense of panic, I watched the affable helper putting on his jacket.†  (source)
  • Joe's affability contrasted with the discomfiture of the men on the bench.†  (source)
  • 'Come on, now, Harry, you'll be late for your next lesson,' said Slughorn affably, snapping the gold clasps shut on his dragonskin briefcase.†  (source)
  • '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!†  (source)
  • Gone was the affable smile, the playful look in his eyes.†  (source)
  • My wife was adept in achieving such small advantages, first impressing the impressionable with her chic and my celebrity and, superiority once firmly established, changing quickly to a pose of almost flirtatious affability.†  (source)
  • Mr. Hardman, who was smoking a cigar, welcomed them affably.†  (source)
  • Jack knew him to be a mercurial man, affable one moment, brittle the next.†  (source)
  • It was a much greater surprise to Scrooge to recognise it as his own nephew's and to find himself in a bright, dry, gleaming room, with the Spirit standing smiling by his side, and looking at that same nephew with approving affability!†  (source)
  • He calls me back again and affably gives me to understand that for once he is pleased to put mercy before justice.†  (source)
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