affably
Example Sentences
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In this book, journalist Cal Flyn asks — more affably, but with equal intensity — “What is a wilderness?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Fifteen women. Forty people in all," the officer concluded, and then, affably enough, he offered a parting, "good luck".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
“It feels good to have another opportunity,” she told me affably, “to hold the press accountable.”
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2025
This charity has had its legitimacy called into question several times, and each time Bohms has defended it affably.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2020
“I was telling the boy that according to Plato, man is delined,” he said, smiling affably and gesturing to the cart, “as a featherless biped with broad nails, receptive of political philosophy.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
