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
As host, Billy Crystal brought his impeccable comic timing and easy affability to the stage, making the grand gala feel as cozy as a backyard barbecue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
She's one of pop's most poised stars, choosing her words carefully and brushing away personal questions with a practised affability.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
He's a bit like Mike Heck from "The Middle" mixed with a little of Dan Conner's DNA, and wasn’t Dan's affability a main reason “The Conners” could move forward without Roseanne Barr?
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Both his affability and his harshness compelled others as they did me; and he hath been admitted into a great variety of circles of friendship and amity that remain generally closed.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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