affably

1. 1.

   in an affable manner

   “`Come and visit me,' he said amiably”

   Synonymsamiablygenially

Questions about affably

What does affably mean?

affably means "in an affable manner".

How many syllables are in affably?

affably has 3 syllables: af-fa-bly. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæfəbli/.

What is another word for affably?

Close synonyms include amiably, genially. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affably a common word?

affably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.