conversable

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The Inhabitants are more genteel, more sociable, and in every respect more conversable than in the other Parts of Holland.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

At luncheon the three young ladies met as usual in the dining-room: Fanny appeared to have recovered her spirits and good-humour, and Henrietta seemed to wish to be more conversable than usual.

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs

This done, he rejoined Marlow and Emily, and to all appearance was more cheerful and conversable than he had been for many a previous day.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

“He was of a conversable temper,” so he says of himself, “and insatiably curious in the aspects of life, and spent much of his time scraping acquaintance with all classes of men and womenkind.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Well, well, who would have thought that so conversable and intelligent a creature should have come to such a melancholy end?”

From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)