conversable
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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
Gurney is not so conversable, but has every appearance of being pre-eminently happy.
From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.
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 Morley, Christopher
Mrs. Bardell let lodgings to many conversable single gentlemen, with great profit, but never brought any more actions for breach of promise of marriage.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
