Affable and Polemical

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Affable adjective - Having a relaxed, casual manner.

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Polemical is an antonym for affable.

Nearby Words: affability, affably

Polemical adjective - Given to arguing.

Usage example: during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings

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Affable is an antonym for polemical.

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