affability
Example Sentences
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For all his affability, there was also a more forbidding side to Wood as a businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lugo’s George has a simple affability that’s infectious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Richter, though, is widely beloved or at least enjoyed, whether that’s due to his consistent improvement or his association with late-night at a time when that genre is politically imperiled, or his “gosh golly” affability.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
And Johnson, who devotes “two to four hours a week” to his project, has just the right mix of passion and affability to nudge labels in the right direction.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
“Not if I can help it. This occasion shall not entirely pass without that affability on your part.—May I, as an old friend and well-wisher? May I?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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