All 3 Uses of
affable
in
Anna Karenina
- He went up to Madame Stahl, and addressed her with extreme courtesy and affability in that excellent French that so few speak nowadays.†
Part 2 *affability = the quality or degree of being good natured and sociable
- 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 4affable = good natured and sociable
- 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 4