conversable
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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
"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 Cooper, James Fenimore
She is not remarkably conversable, certainly," said Rosalind; "but I suspect that she has very bad health.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs
I have met with two or three well-informed men of the world, and some lively conversable women; but none of either sex that at all reminded me of the well-educated men and women of Europe.
From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria
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.
