Affable

a.	1.	Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. - Shak. His manners polite and affable. - Macaulay.
	2.	Gracious; mild; benign. A serene and affable countenance. - Tatler.

Adj.

1.

affable - diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" Synonyms: cordial, genial, amiable

Bohemian, accommodating, agreeable, amicable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, casual, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, compliant, congenial, considerate, cordial, decent, deferential, degage, desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, familiar, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society, folksy, fond of society, free and easy, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, graceful, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, haymish, heart-warming, homely, homey, honeyed, hospitable, indulgent, informal, irregular, kind, kindly, likable, loose, loquacious, mellifluous, mellow, mild, natural, nice, obliging, offhand, offhanded, overindulgent, overpermissive, permissive, plain, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polite, relaxed, respectful, rewarding, satisfying, simple, social, social-minded, solicitous, suave, sweet, sweet-tempered, tactful, talkative, thoughtful, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unstudied, urbane, welcome, well-natured

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