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    1. And while she had indeed countered his comments about her modest purse with an affable sarcasm, after a few moments of obvious thought she surprised him with a smirk and a strong hand-shake


    2. Perhaps she also found herself a bit taken with the blond’s affable charm


    3. What is it about an affable scoundrel that makes us wink at improprieties or worse, legal transgressions? I‘m referring, of course, to our own President William Jefferson Clinton who, along with the First Lady, have offered us Whitewater, Madison Savings and Loan, Rose Law Firm, Cattle Options, Travelgate, Filegate, Loral Communications, Buddhist Temple Fundraisers, (the) Lincoln Bedroom, (the) mysterious ―suicide‖ of Vincent Foster, Sex Scandals and Arkansas Mafia for our consideration


    4. “During a cruise that my wife and I took last year, a distinguished, affable and learned traveler suggested that I should entitle my next book Odyssey Dreamed


    5. A hint of belligerence came into his so far affable, persuasive tone


    6. Once in the city, tourists cannot help but being pleased with the placid and affable blue waters of the islets that surround it and the green parks and gardens that embellish it


    7. I began narrating him, saving neither verbs nor adjectives, on the primitive years of my infancy, flowing of the home-loving life in the city with my father in the head, where an army of caregivers commanded by the affable hand of my mother was craving to condense our most insignificant desires


    8. With Americus we did maintain an agreeable and entertaining conference exchanging affable phrases and information about the peculiarities of the climate; in reciprocity to his kind manners, I praised the lounge and the meal and asked some superficial questions that demonstrated my interest and courteousness


    9. You were already quite rude in the castle, I wanted that they sent another magician, more affable, like Dorian


    10. If we had known each other in other circumstances, would you show the same irate treatment that you show me? Or, on the contrary, you would treat me with the warmth and the affable fellowship saved for a few friends

    11. Everyone was affable, but as I had no interest in the touring cricket team, the latest pop music, what horse had won the race, which car was a cert for Brands Hatch… it was difficult to find common ground


    12. When this happened, Leonardo stopped to pay his respects and disrupted our affable conversation


    13. He will seem to you affable at first sight but as your mere acquaintance transforms into friendship with him only then you are able to recognize his astuteness


    14. Siri was a feeling shaken, but the captain was once again affable in his manor and Siri tried to relax


    15. "No, but I imagine they will have to get up and move about pretty soon," said the affable French Canadian


    16. From that very first moment upon meeting in the corridor last night, he had felt comfortable with the curious yet affable gentleman who, with his potbelly, his white straw hat that he carried in his hand while indoors, and his shiny, bald head, reminded him so much of a planter from the Old South that there was evidently a long family history rooted here in this community


    17. “For me as well,” Thomas said with an affable smile as he handed


    18. The until then affable Dumoulin then showed his true nature, staring back at Ingrid and speaking with little sympathy in his voice


    19. Once I became so crazy to know I left a message on his answering machine demanding to know the whereabouts of the menu and then a few months later I simply lost it and left another one to the effect that I knew enough about poetry to know he had written both poems, hoping to flush him out, and although I had to wait several weeks for an answer to the former and over six months for an answer to the latter, his replies were always affable


    20. A little too affable, and a little too smooth is what I’d thought at the time, especially considering the frenzied nature of my inquiries, but he liked exercising that British upper class part of his personality, and what better person to use it on than that oddball, snobby little poet who had cost him several hundred thousand dollars in revenue when he bolted the mother ship

    21. of two points by the most affable, fun loving and generous hosts one could ever


    22. The affable Scot had a position for me in the Secretarial Department


    23. The affable Mr


    24. to earth, smart, affable and very active in the


    25. “Aren’t we all,” Pjodarr gave the young man his most affable smile


    26. Linda and Ben instantly warmed to the Russian lad, who was endearing and very affable


    27. I have not found such open-hearted, affable people in any other country


    28. His words, while affable enough, didn’t reach his eyes


    29. Roy was an affable companion, always open and amenable to any suggestions or desires I


    30. Deliria escorted the Mengele twins back to our table with an affable smile and once again I

    31. By mid afternoon we were aboard the Iona enjoying the affable companionship of Captain


    32. Then he got up, took leave with an impressive and affable bow, while blessings, warm gratitude, and entreaties were showered upon him, and Avdotya Romanovna spontaneously offered her hand to him


    33. He approved highly of the giant Morgante, because, although of the giant breed which is always arrogant and ill-conditioned, he alone was affable and well-bred


    34. Even Polly seemed impressed, for he called her a good girl, blessed her buttons, and begged her to "come and take a walk, dear", in his most affable tone


    35. The poor gentleman has no way of showing that he is a gentleman but by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered, and kindly, not haughty, arrogant, or censorious, but above all by being charitable; for by two maravedis given with a cheerful heart to the poor, he will show himself as generous as he who distributes alms with bell-ringing, and no one that perceives him to be endowed with the virtues I have named, even though he know him not, will fail to recognise and set him down as one of good blood; and it would be strange were it not so; praise has ever been the reward of virtue, and those who are virtuous cannot fail to receive commendation


    36. Ferrars's way of treating me yesterday? So exceeding affable as she was!--You know how I dreaded the thoughts of seeing her;-- but the very moment I was introduced, there was such an affability in her behaviour as really should seem to say, she had quite took a fancy to me


    37. She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved


    38. Ron was an affable sort


    39. He may appear affable and easygoing, but he has a long history of holding tight to his convictions


    40. Then our conversation skimmed various subjects, and without being more forthcoming, Captain Nemo proved more affable

    41. "Ah, Professor," he said in an affable tone, "I've been looking for


    42. But even in that enviable situation, he was affable, and distinguished as much for his attention to the forms of courtesy, as for that chivalrous courage which, only two short years afterward, induced him to throw away his life on the plains of Abraham


    43. When he had finished reading the letter, Rushton looked up, and, leaning comfortably back in his chair, he blew a cloud of smoke from his cigar, and said in an affable, indulgent tone, such as one might use to a child:


    44. Her yellow sapphire ring was a gift from her second husband, an affable man who had quietly died of a heart attack two days after retiring from his dental practice


    45. When Crass, Philpot, Easton and Bundy entered, the landlord, a well-fed, prosperous-looking individual in white shirt-sleeves, and a bright maroon fancy waistcoat with a massive gold watch-chain and a diamond ring, was conversing in an affable, friendly way with one of his regular customers, who was sitting on the end of the seat close to the counter, a shabbily dressed, bleary-eyed, degraded, beer-sodden, trembling wretch, who spent the greater part of every day, and all his money, in this bar


    46. "However," replied the abbe, with an affable smile, "when that report is in accordance with


    47. The banker saw the carriage of the count enter the court yard, and advanced to meet him with a sad, though affable smile


    48. Caris noted his ready smile and affable manner, and guessed that he made his living by selling things


    49. I was so pleased that I asked a lone visitor, an affable Irishman, to take my picture in the grass beside her grave


    50. His other eye, small and deep-set, twinkled erratically in all directions, aimlessly affable

































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    Synonymes pour "affable"

    affable amiable cordial genial acceptable pleasant favourable obliging good enjoyable grateful