different between polished vs affable
polished
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA(key): /?p?l??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA(key): /?p?l??t/
- Hyphenation: pol?ished
Adjective
polished (comparative more polished, superlative most polished)
- Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
- Refined, elegant.
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
polished
- simple past tense and past participle of polish
Anagrams
- depolish, lodeship
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affable
English
Etymology
French affable, Latin aff?bilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“speak, talk”). See fable.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?æf.?.b?l/
Adjective
affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
- Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- 1912: James Burrill Angell, The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell, chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- 1912: James Burrill Angell, The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell, chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
- Mild; benign.
- 1998: Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...
- 1998: Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
Synonyms
- (friendly, courteous): accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious, personable
- (mild, benign): benign, mild, warm
Antonyms
- inaffable
Derived terms
- affability
- affableness
- affably
Related terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “affable”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aff?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fabl/
- Rhymes: -abl
- Homophone: affables
Adjective
affable (plural affables)
- affable, amicable, sociable
Related terms
- affablement
- affabuler
- affabilité
Further reading
- “affable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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