conversable
easy and pleasant to talk with; agreeable.
able or disposed to converse.
pertaining to or proper for conversation.
Origin of conversable
1Other words from conversable
- con·vers·a·ble·ness, noun
- con·vers·a·bly, adverb
- non·con·ver·sa·ble, adjective
- non·con·ver·sa·ble·ness, noun
- non·con·ver·sa·bly, adverb
- un·con·vers·a·ble, adjective
Words Nearby conversable
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How to use conversable in a sentence
The Inhabitants are more genteel, more sociable, and in every respect more conversable than in the other Parts of Holland.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzHe was singularly kind and conversable, without affecting any official superiority.
Recollections of a Long Life | John StoughtonHaving no conversable companion, I take to my ever faithful and silent friend, the fragrant cigar, and start for a stroll.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayThus, I was unable to judge whether Mr. Cronin was as conversable after feeding-time as before it.
Bits of Blarney | R. Shelton MackenzieI seldom meet with a man who puts himself more immediately on conversable terms than the Commodore.
Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for conversable
/ (kənˈvɜːsəbəl) /
easy or pleasant to talk to
able or inclined to talk
Derived forms of conversable
- conversableness, noun
- conversably, adverb
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