ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFABLE
From Latin affābilis easy to talk to, from affārī to talk to, from ad- to + fāri to speak; compare fable, fate.
6 QUOTES WITH «AFFABLE»
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A picture of me as this super affable sales guy gets painted, but in actuality, I'm pretty driven by hard work and love working with teams. What people discount is, I grew up in a very small blue-collar town in Massachusetts and have basically scrapped my way career wise.
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.
I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.
A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
My friends once told me I remind them of the main character from the American comedy series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I thought they must mean a sunny, affable girl-next-door, but instead I was confronted with Larry David! Crabby, moody, perversely neurotic Larry David. And the thing is, my friends were right.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFABLE»
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affable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
affable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Virginia Woolf as Feminist
Not long after, on 2 October 1920, Desmond MacCarthy, in his regular literary
column, signed "Affable Hawk," provoked Woolf's second angry feminist outbreak
of the year. MacCarthy had endorsed the views about women expressed in Our ...
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Virginia Woolf: The Critical Heritage
9 April 1921, 18 'Affable Hawk' was the pseudonym of Desmond MacCarthy (
1877–1952), one of the central members of the Bloomsbury Group, a literary critic
who never fulfilled his friends' hope that he would write a good novel. A number
of ...
Robin Majumdar, Allen McLaurin, 1997
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What Makes People Tick and Why: The Answers Are in the Face
Affable Individuals with low-set eyebrows make friends easily and quickly show
interest in what is happening around them. They like to make physical contact,
such as giving someone a light touch on the shoulder, arm, or even the knee, and
...
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The young misses magazine:: containing dialogues between a ...
Mrs. Affable. That is a very proper reflection of your's, my dear. Nothing is more
valuable than a friend who is so kind as to favour us with his advice, when we are
about to do any thing misbecoming. Such a friend is to be prized above all that is
...
Leprince de Beaumont (Jeanne-Marie, Madame), 1800
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A budget, containing all the addresses and papers published ...
And whereas, divers persons of no consideration or worth in my esteem, do hold
meetings, and seditiously and traitorously, against my Supreme Authority of
Viceroy, do consult and craftily devise to procure one Generous Affable, Esquire,
...
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Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots
One word will not be used. provocative edict affable invoke pronouncement 5.
Juan, a(n) little boy, loved to sit and talk with his grandmother for hours. 6. In
ancient Rome, wives would the help of the goddess Juno. 7. There was a formal
issued ...
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WHAT THE CEO REALLY WANTS FROM YOU
If you take these meanings too literally, the concept of an affable manager is an
oxymoron. It might appear that no efficient and effective manager can qualify as
an affable manager. It is in the nature of his or her work that a manager has to ...
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Revitalizing Congregations: Refocusing and Healing Through ...
Landis Affable (1985—1993) to understand this crisis. Pastor Affable was a
beloved pastor with what one interviewee called “a special talent to attract people
, in the community as well as the church.” He was “an outgoing, very personable
man ...
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Picture These SAT Words!
(af uh bul) Picture this: Af a bull affable easily approachable; warmly friendly
UNIT 2 □ Judges at beauty contests often choose one of the contestants as the
most affable. □ People who work in sales are frequently affable individuals who
...
Philip Geer, Susan Geer, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFABLE»
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affable is used in the context of the following news items.
Pope calls for 'dialogue' after he lands in Quito for South American tour
When he emerged from the plane, a breeze whipped off his white zucchetto cap and swirled his robes, but the affable 78-year-old took it in his ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
Royals land 4 starters in All-Star Game in Cincinnati
Salvador Perez, their affable catcher, simply hopped off the platform and grabbed his own chair from the crowd. With a good-natured smile, ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
Dave Grohl plays with broken leg on specially-crafted throne
Dave Grohl is the kind of affable, down-to-earth rock star who you might not expect to indulge in grand gestures like, say, having a special ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
Combative new star of the French right
He is affable and neat, and intelligent and polite enough not to make his answers sound like he is articulating them for the nth time (though of ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Where is Google taking us?
Google's affable, soft-spoken employees are guided by the thrills of problem-solving logic, optimised by data and funded by billions. One of the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
WA hunk takes role in his stride
Charming and affable, Dr Edmunds appears to be upstanding but as episodes progress his dark past emerges, an aspect which Pollard ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
There's more to 'Moonlight' Graham's story
But the affable and studious Archie bounced around the country – Nashua, N.H.; Lowell, Mass.; Birmingham, Ala. – playing eight seasons in the ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
Jazz fan favorite Jeremy Evans' era in Utah comes to an end
They loved his affable, happy-go-lucky personality, his fun friendship with Gordon Hayward, his incredible artwork and the way he interacted ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
Big Smo brings heartland hick-hop to Brighton Music Hall
His fast-paced set on Friday was affable yet formidable. The small yet fervent crowd was ready to yell along with anything it recognized, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
The face of South Korea's beauty boom...
An affable man, Mr Suh is married to the youngest daughter of Mr Shin Choon Ho, chairman of food giant Nongshim Group. The couple have ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
