Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Affable

Affable ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[French affable, Latin affabilis, from affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable.]

1.
Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
An affable and courteous gentleman. — Shakespeare
His manners polite and affable. — Macaulay
2.
Gracious; mild; benign.
A serene and affable countenance. — Tatler