Which preposition to use with affability

of Occurrences 20%

How it happened I cannot tell, for my father was esteemed the best bred man in the county, and the condescension and affability of my mother were universally spoken of.

to Occurrences 4%

'His engaging manners,' writes the editor of Walpoliana, 'and gentle, endearing affability to his friends, exceed all praise.

than Occurrences 2%

Even the Baron de Willading and his friends, who had shared in none of the especial privations just named, joined in the general exhibition of satisfaction and good-will, rather aiding by their smiles and affability than restraining by their presence the whims and jokes of the different individuals among the motley group of their nameless companions.

toward Occurrences 1%

Besides, it was, in fact, not sorrow that he felt, rather it was contentment, when he remembered the girl's present happiness; and what alone depressed the colonel's courtly affability toward the universe at large was the queer, horrible new sense of being somehow out of touch with yesterday's so comfortable world, of being out-moded, of being almost old.

with Occurrences 1%

And he concludes his narrative by expressing his belief that he had regained the queen's confidence by his frank explanation of his views, while he himself in his turn was evidently fascinated by the affability with which, after a brief further conversation, she dismissed him.

amid Occurrences 1%

It was evident to them that there was no sincerity in it; that such affability amid such pride would surely prove not disinterested.

without Occurrences 1%

"It is good for him to have patience and not to dispute, self-government without anger, affability without haughtiness, diligent attention to history, strict observance of covenants and agreements, justice tempered by mercy in the execution of the laws.

down Occurrences 1%

As he did so, a fat, heavy man, with a white face and pale grey eyesBindon, the professor of botany, who came up from Kew for January and Februarycame in by the lecture theatre door, and passed, rubbing his hands together and smiling, in silent affability down the laboratory.

in Occurrences 1%

She prevented my Speech with the greatest Affability in the World: Fear not, said she, I know your Request before you speak it; you would be led to the Mountain of the Muses; the only way to it lies thro' this Place, and no one is so often employ'd in conducting Persons thither as my self.

Which preposition to use with  affability