AFFABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does affableness mean? 

• AFFABLENESS (noun)
  The noun AFFABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

  Familiarity information: AFFABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFFABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality

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)