Pronunciations
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/ˈæfəbli/
Adverb
in an affable manner
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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
in an affable manner
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‘Come and visit me,’ he said amiably