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sociable
[ soh-shuh-buhl ]
adjective
- inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- friendly or agreeable in company; companionable.
- characterized by agreeable companionship:
a sociable evening at the home of friends.
noun
- Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
sociable
/ ˈsəʊʃəbəl /
adjective
- friendly or companionable
- (of an occasion) providing the opportunity for friendliness and conviviality
noun
- another name for social
- a type of open carriage with two seats facing each other
Derived Forms
- ˈsociably, adverb
- ˌsociaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- socia·ble·ness noun
- socia·bly adverb
- non·socia·ble adjective
- non·socia·ble·ness noun
- non·socia·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sociable1
Example Sentences
For others, the thought of shared office devices, a lack of social distancing and an expectation to be, well, sociable again, fills them with dread.
Sabrine was the outgoing, sociable type, and had many friends, while Ziad was shy and a little more introverted.
“Sociable” and “puckish” is how a Toledo Blade headline described them in 1957.
The goal of the present research is to help create the programming for a robot that is “a sociable partner.”
He was gregarious and sociable, enjoying the company of entourages whenever he went to Cannes or some other film festival.
Edmund is now 4, and is a giggly, sociable, nosy, occasionally impertinent boy.
He'd rather see me doing my duty than having a sociable pipe with him and hearing about the war.
He had traveled over Europe, and parts of the East, and possessed great colloquial powers when inclined to be sociable.
A man who is swayed by his feelings is more sociable and agreeable to converse with than one who is swayed by his intelligence.
But she was not exactly a sociable old lady, and few of the Thetford people knew her.
Almost the first thing with which I became sociable was a book which, at my first sight of it, had a fascination for me.
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