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Affable

Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.

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Friendly 84% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Friendly 84% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Affability 74% connected

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Affability 74% connected

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Amiable 92% connected

Lovable; lovely; pleasing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cordial 92% connected

Proceeding from the heart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Genial 92% connected

Same as Genian.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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