All 3 Uses
affable
in
The Taming of the Shrew
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- an affable and courteous gentleman
Scene 1.2 *affable = good natured and sociable
- I am a gentleman of Verona, sir, That, hearing of her beauty and her wit, Her affability and bashful modesty, Her wondrous qualities and mild behaviour, Am bold to show myself a forward guest Within your house, to make mine eye the witness Of that report which I so oft have heard.†
Scene 2.1affability = the quality or degree of being good natured and sociable
- Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance, Nor bite the lip, as angry wenches will, Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk; But thou with mildness entertain'st thy wooers; With gentle conference, soft and affable.†
Scene 2.1affable = good natured and sociable
Definitions:
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(1)
(affable) good natured and sociable
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)