conversable
Example Sentences
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This aspiration was whispered, as though its object were within conversable distance.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
"You found the Arabs conversable and ready at the cup, Mr. Monday?" observed the captain, lighting a cigar, which with him was a never-failing sign for a gossip.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
All this is your personal gift: it is no necessary part of the master's equipment to be so gracefully conversable.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley
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 Mrs Trollope
He was the pleasantest and most conversable member of the diplomatic corps while I was there; a man of good fancy, acuteness, irony, cunning, and egoism.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
