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"ref": "1938, C. L. R. James, chapter 11, in The Black Jacobins, New York: Vintage, published 1989, page 251",
"text": "He [Toussaint L'Ouverture] knew how to listen to a subordinate officer with dignity and yet with affability.",
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"The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable."
],
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[
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],
[
"friendly",
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],
[
"approachable",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilitat"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "afableco"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "affabilité"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
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"word": "liant"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Freundlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Umgänglichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leutseligkeit"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yasashisa",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "優しさ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "affabilitās"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "keramahan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidade"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilitate"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "cordialitate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidad"
}
]
}
],
"word": "affability"
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[
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"approachable"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilitat"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "afableco"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "affabilité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Freundlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Umgänglichkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leutseligkeit"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yasashisa",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "優しさ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "affabilitās"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "keramahan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilitate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"word": "cordialitate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state or quality of being affable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afabilidad"
}
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"word": "affability"
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