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Definition of Conversable
1. a. Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.
Definition of Conversable
1. Adjective. Disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. ¹
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Definition of Conversable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversable
Literary usage of Conversable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On English Adjectives in -able: With Special Reference to Reliable by Fitzedward Hall (1877)
"For conversable, as used by Southey, see the foot of p. 34, supra. Exemplifications
of conversable used in divers senses here follow. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"conversable» a. Sociable, social, communicative, affable, tree, unreserved, open.
Conversant With. Acquainted with, familiar with, versed in, skilled in, ..."
3. God in Christ: Three Discourses, Delivered at New Haven, Cambridge, and by Horace Bushnell (1852)
"... will produce in us the truest knowledge of God—render Him most conversable,
bring Him closest to feeling, give Him the freest, least obstructed access, ..."
4. Ireland's welcome to the stranger: or, Excursions through Ireland, in 1844 by Asenath Nicholson (1847)
"An Americanised Irishman—Armed Defence—Modern Mermaids—Island of Valentia—Employment
and a good Landlord—conversable Coast Guard—A Child's Mute Appeal— ..."
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