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Definition
good natured and sociable
- So exceeding affable as she was!Chapter 35 (14% in)
- —You know how I dreaded the thoughts of seeing her;— but the very moment I was introduced, there was such an affability in her behaviour as really should seem to say, she had quite took a fancy to me.Chapter 35 (15% in)
- —No pride, no hauteur, and your sister just the same—all sweetness and affability!Chapter 35 (18% in)
- She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved.Chapter 47 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "affable" in Sense and Sensibility.
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