Affable vs Urbane - What's the difference?
affable | urbane | Related terms |
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
* 1912 : James Burrill Angell, , chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
Mild; benign.
* 1998 : Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse , page 84
(of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
* 1949 : George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p12
Affable is a related term of urbane.
As adjectives the difference between affable and urbane
is that affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable while urbane is (of a man) courteous, polite, refined, and suave.affable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...
Synonyms
* accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious * benign, mild, warmDerived terms
* affability * affableness * affablyurbane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O’Brien’s urbane manner and his prize-fighter’s physique.