conversable

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Now Josiah, good, conversable man, knows about geography and the country round.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

He soon turned away from her and joined the gentlemen, who became more conversable after his arrival.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

The Techniker was very conversable, and said especially what pleasure it gave him that Pilgrim was so intimate with them.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold

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

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