All 5 Uses of
affable
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "Poverty is not a vice, my friend, but we know you go off like powder, you can't bear a slight, I daresay you took offence at something and went too far yourself," continued Nikodim Fomitch, turning affably to Raskolnikov.†
Chpt 2.1affably = in a good natured and sociable manner
- Pyotr Petrovitch went on, glancing affably at Zossimov.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- Then he got up, took leave with an impressive and affable bow, while blessings, warm gratitude, and entreaties were showered upon him, and Avdotya Romanovna spontaneously offered her hand to him.†
Chpt 3.1affable = good natured and sociable
- She was always shy in such circumstances and was always afraid of new people, she had been as a child and was even more so now....Pyotr Petrovitch met her "politely and affably," but with a certain shade of bantering familiarity which in his opinion was suitable for a man of his respectability and weight in dealing with a creature so young and so interesting as she.†
Chpt 5.1affably = in a good natured and sociable manner
- Pyotr Petrovitch began with great dignity, though affably.†
Chpt 5.1