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approachable
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from approach (v.) + -able . Figurative sense, "affable, friendly," is from 1610s. Related: Approachably ; approachability .\n
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ This design was chosen from a number of options because it was smart yet casual, making staff more approachable to customers. ▪ The answer to the second is a more approachable solution. ▪ Also the Building ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels" [syn: accessible ] easy to meet or converse or do business with; "a friendly approachable ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Easily approached; easy to talk to.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Approachable \Ap*proach"a*ble\, a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
Usage examples of approachable.
He made himself a safe man, approachable from above or below, or from straight and level.
Perhaps they had heard rumors about her racy past, or perhaps they just found her approachable.
The one visitor known to have recorded a firsthand impression of Adams that fall of 1788 found him quite at peace with life and surprisingly approachable.
The irony of references to his evenhandedness was that, from all accounts, he was missing one hand, and somehow that made him all the more approachable.
Night had never been as good, though there were those who found him much less approachable offstage: getting swellheaded, they said, what with the royal command and all.
The students had to perceive her as both professional and approachable, no mean feat for someone like Amanda, whose small size and wayward blond curls made her look more like she was twenty-five than thirty-five.
She was young, sweet, and looked more approachable than the battle-axes manning the inner offices.
Dauphine Street, the stairs had been dark, approachable only with a lantern.
He had a pleasant sense that she would be very approachable for consolatory purposes.
A gentle man, approachable and civilized, he accepted his place in the informal pecking order here: although he was prized as one of the few Pashtuns to have come over to the UN’s side, as an Afghan he had to defer to the Americans, and he spent a lot more time copiloting than piloting.
And because Bourke was a diplomatist of sorts, Marcel acquired the knack of being at ease in every grade of society: he came to know that a self-made millionaire, taken the right way, is as approachable as one whose millions date back even unto the third generation.