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affable
adjective

- friendly and easy to talk to
- being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
- showing warmth and friendliness; kindly; mild; benign

Cambridge Dictionary / Merriam-Webster / Collins Dictionary

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ORIGIN

"Affable" is from the Latin affabilis meaning approachable, kind, friendly, and can be easily spoken to - from affari to speak to (af = to + fari = speak).

It’s interesting to note that the noun “fame” stems from the same root as affable. In this case it took the noun form of fari – fama – meaning talk, rumour, report, reputation.

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FRIENDLY PROVERBS

- A friend in need is a friend indeed (Latin)

- One who walks with wolves learns to howl (Spanish)

- Speak well of your friend; of your enemy neither well nor ill (Italian)

- Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless (Turkish)

- A good friend is he who speaks well of you behind your back (Chinese)

- Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light (Syrian)

- A friend’s eye is a good mirror (Irish)

- Friendship, like wine, gets better with time (French)

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SYNONYMS

AFFABLE, amicable, amiable, approachable, bonhomous, congenial, downright neighbourly, en rapport, good egg, good-natured, empathetic, genial, hail-fellow-well-met, magnanimous, mild-mannered, palsy-walsy, sweet-tempered, soft hearted, tender-hearted, unflappable, white-hat, winsome

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