affability

English

Etymology

affable +‎ -ity

Noun

affability (countable and uncountable, plural affabilities)

1. The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     The landlady […] was not without some concern for the confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great sweetness of temper and affability the maid of the house had made so favourable a report, which was confirmed by all the squire’s servants […]

Translations

state or quality of being affable

• Catalan: afabilitat f
• Esperanto: afableco
• German: Freundlichkeit (de) f, Umgänglichkeit (de) f, Leutseligkeit f
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 優しさ (yasashisa)
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• Latin: affabilitās f
• Malay: keramahan
• Portuguese: afabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: afabilitate (ro) f, cordialitate (ro)
• Spanish: afabilidad (es) f