conversable
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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 Berthold Auerbach
Just then, perhaps, Nettie was not a very conversable companion.
From The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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
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
To tea at Mrs. Hazeltine's where met William Allen Butler, author of 'Nothing to Wear'—a bright-eyed, conversable man.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
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