conversant
adjective
familiar by use or study (usually followed bywith ).
conversance
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a word derived from
conversant.
Example Sentences
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Oh, sure, he picks up certain ideas along the way, and an expectant father achieves a certain conversance with cervical topics, but mostly he keeps his mouth shut.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2014
So O’Donnell’s policy deficiencies didn’t lose her the debate, just as Coons’ effortless policy conversance didn’t win it for him.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2010
“He had a stunning conversance about what we were doing here and why people should be paying attention to Silicon Valley,” said former California state controller Steve Westly, an early executive at eBay.
From Washington Post
But the conversance with our language in former times, even among those who devoted their attention to philology and instruction, was excessively scanty and inexact.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by W. Carew Hazlitt
Why, father," said Aunt Salomy, as we sat at table, giving me a glance indicative of a beaming conversance with elegant conventionalities; "ye shouldn't set the surrup cup right atop o' the loaf o' bread.'
From Vesty of the Basins by Sarah P. McLean Greene
