Affably
//ˈæfəbli// adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 in an affable manner
"This fact shows our British independence and honest feeling—our higher orders are not such mere haughty aristocrats as the ignorant represent them: on the contrary, if a man have money they will hold out their hands to him, eat his dinners, dance at his balls, marry his daughters, or give their own lovely girls to his sons, as affably as your commonest roturier would do."
Adverb
- 1 in an affable manner wordnet
Example
More examples"When she entered the room, she smiled at me affably."
Etymology
From affable + -ly.
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