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AFFABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
Synonyms:
affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("affableness" is a kind of...):
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affableness"):
condescendingness; condescension (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank)
mellowness (geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana)
sweetness and light (a mild reasonableness)
Derivation:
affable (diffusing warmth and friendliness)
