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Definition
good natured and sociable
- He went up to Madame Stahl, and addressed her with extreme courtesy and affability in that excellent French that so few speak nowadays.Part Two (95% in)
- On the previous day Stepan Arkadyevitch had appeared at the office in a uniform, and the new chief had been very affable and had talked to him as to an acquaintance.Part Four (26% in)
- Yes, you're a wonderful husband!" she said, with a meaning and affable air, as though she were bestowing an order of magnanimity on him for his conduct to his wife.Part Four (84% in)
There are no more uses of "affable" in Anna Karenina.
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