conversable

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In this bower, which was a capacious one, sat a number of sedate, quiet, jolly, conversable fellows, nearly all of whom smoked, and one of whom sketched.

From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Webb, Archibald

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

He was a clever and conversable man, well lettered, a great discourser, and full of a diversity of experience....

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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)

The women do not seem of the same country: if they are less gay than they were, they are more informed, enough to make them very conversable.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace