affable

Etymology

French affable, Latin affābilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“speak, talk”). See fable.

adj

1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
   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, “chapter ix Mission To The Ottoman Empire”, in The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell
2. Mild; benign.
   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