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Affable is an English word with synonyms like amiable or cordial. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Affable meaning

  1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
  2. Mild; benign.

Synonyms of Affable

Using Affable

  • The main meaning on this page is: Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. | Mild; benign.
  • Useful related words include: amiable, cordial, genial, friendly.
  • In the example corpus, affable often appears in combinations such as: the affable, an affable, affable and.

Context around Affable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Affable

  • In this selection, "affable" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, friendly, pleasantly, overly, middle, demeanour and supportive stand out and add context to how "affable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a friendly affable humble and and and their affable friend and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "affable" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with affable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

BFF Bert (Eric Berryman) is there, affable, supportive, sympathetic—the perfect buddy. (12 words)

By all accounts, he seems like a friendly, affable, humble, and cultured kid. (13 words)

His affable style and ability to land rhetorical blows on Donald Trump garnered national attention. (15 words)

Defence barrister Szilvia Booker said her client was 'really a quite shy and affable young man' when he was not beating up lone taxi drivers and crashing their cars, but provided some context for Judge Holmes by way of her client's alcohol addiction. (44 words)

In most episodes of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," a curtain is pulled back to reveal the affable host running out to greet his audience in Studio 6B in Rockefeller Plaza (more commonly known as 30 Rock on NBC). (40 words)

The affable Gillespie coached his last game for the Seagulls against Warragul Industrials in the elimination final at Inverloch on Saturday, ending a journey that included the ultimate joy of a drought-breaking premiership win in mid-September last year. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

BFF Bert (Eric Berryman) is there, affable, supportive, sympathetic—the perfect buddy.

By all accounts, he seems like a friendly, affable, humble, and cultured kid.

Defence barrister Szilvia Booker said her client was 'really a quite shy and affable young man' when he was not beating up lone taxi drivers and crashing their cars, but provided some context for Judge Holmes by way of her client's alcohol addiction.

He is an affable man, sometimes given to little biri and a little drink among friends.

He’s a corporate dream — an affable ultra-conservative from Shreveport, Louisiana, who consistently backs the plutocratic agenda of Big Business over workers, the poor, consumers and most other Americans.

In most episodes of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," a curtain is pulled back to reveal the affable host running out to greet his audience in Studio 6B in Rockefeller Plaza (more commonly known as 30 Rock on NBC).

It might come from Chris, though he is pleasantly affable in a late-February phone call.

Maybe casting his best friend seems an easy excuse for Affleck to lean into those fraternal vibes, but Damon has always been one of the more reliable avatars for affable, middle-aged, overweight men seeking their one big break.

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Most of the highlighted character moments come in the form of funneled-in comic relief, and its attempt to recast this gang of affable middle-aged nerds as rebellious action heroes simply doesn’t work.

My character Vikrant is an ideal man for Lakshmi, who promises to keep her happy and will be seen impressing every family member with his affable demeanour.

Nevertheless, the witches enact their vengeance on the brothers and their affable friend, and the price they’ll have to pay to undo the curse is a steep one.

Pence’s allies see an affable candidate with a consistent conservative record who can carry on the Trump administration’s policies without the drama.

Similar responses are leveraged at a broader societal level when casting aspersion on rape victims, weaving the violation as a fault of the abused’s dressing, their overly affable demeanour, adventurous spirit, or even naivete.

The affable Gillespie coached his last game for the Seagulls against Warragul Industrials in the elimination final at Inverloch on Saturday, ending a journey that included the ultimate joy of a drought-breaking premiership win in mid-September last year.

Time has flown, says the affable Ohio native, but he’s quick to add that he wouldn’t have traded the experience for anything in the world.

Various cast members have noted that a professional athlete’s lifetime of repetition, routine and goal-focused accomplishment makes for a willing, if uninspired, scene partner, something borne out by Simpson’s affable mediocrity all night.

We were met by Rufus Carter, the very affable front-of-house man, who quickly seated us at a table beside the front window, which gave us a super view of the comings and goings in the street.

A new ad slated to run in the third quarter of the game introduces the Bud Light Genie, an affable creature who grants a group of friends many wishes during an epic night out.

He was an affable, wanna-be hippie, and I liked the kid and respected his entrepreneurial spirit.

His affable style and ability to land rhetorical blows on Donald Trump garnered national attention.

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Common combinations with affable

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "affable" in a sentence?
An example: "BFF Bert (Eric Berryman) is there, affable, supportive, sympathetic—the perfect buddy." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "affable" from authentic English texts.
What does "affable" mean?
Affable means: Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
What are synonyms of "affable"?
Common synonyms of "affable" include: amiable, cordial, genial, friendly.
How many example sentences with "affable" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "affable", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.