'affably
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| —adj | |
| 1. | showing warmth and friendliness; kindly; mild; benign |
| 2. | easy to converse with; approachable; amicable |
| [C16: from Latin affābilis easy to talk to, from affārī to talk to, from ad- to + fāri to speak; compare | |
| affa'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'affably | |
| —adv | |
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'affably
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