conversable
Example Sentences
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The Inhabitants are more genteel, more sociable, and in every respect more conversable than in the other Parts of Holland.
The operation was repeated, and it was finally found that, by means of this extemporised ear-trumpet, the poor creature once more became a conversable member of society.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
Such in fact has been her habitual frame ever since; though the endeavors of her friends, who have sought to console her, have rendered her somewhat more conversable.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster
This done, he rejoined Marlow and Emily, and to all appearance was more cheerful and conversable than he had been for many a previous day.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
