conversable
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So aunt Agnes called Edith a charming girl, and Edith, who had seldom seen aunt Agnes otherwise than conversable and pleasant, thought her a very nice old lady.
From Emilie the Peacemaker by Mrs. Thomas Geldart
If in a conversable humour she will do more.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
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 Horace Walpole
"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
Just then, perhaps, Nettie was not a very conversable companion.
From The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
