conversable
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You will not wonder if upon this surprise I was not conversable for some minutes, and that the disorder had almost discovered itself.
From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Daniel Defoe
He was usually very conversable, and would chat away by the hour together, in a fashion half shrewd, half simple, often very interesting; but now he was silent and distrait.
From Not Pretty, but Precious by J. W. (John William) De Forest
But a full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational as well as a more conversable animal than an infant of a day, a week, or even a month old.
From Voices for the Speechless by Abraham Firth
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
“He was of a conversable temper,” so he says of himself, “and insatiably curious in the aspects of life, and spent much of his time scraping acquaintance with all classes of men and womenkind.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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