All 3 Uses of
affable
in
1776, by McCullough
- He had made his career in the Commons and, with his affable manner, had acquired few if any enemies among his political opponents.†
p. 16.6 *affable = good natured and sociable
- Heath, a much younger man, was a fifth-generation Roxbury farmer, age thirty-eight, who would affably describe himself in a memoir as "of middling stature, light complexion, very corpulent, and bald-headed."†
p. 53.1affably = in a good natured and sociable manner
- THE BRITISH COMMANDER, an easygoing, affable man who had never been averse to taking his pleasures when he could, was openly enjoying himself through the winter with his own elegant dinners, extended evenings at the faro table, and conspicuously in the company of a stunning young woman about whom there was much talk.†
p. 75.6affable = good natured and sociable