conversable

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He was usually very conversable, and would chat away by the hour together, in a fashion half shrewd, half simple, often very interesting; but now he was silent and distrait.

From Not Pretty, but Precious by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

The women do not seem of the same country: if they are less gay than they were, they are more informed, enough to make them very conversable.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

Now Josiah, good, conversable man, knows about geography and the country round.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

But a full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational as well as a more conversable animal than an infant of a day, a week, or even a month old.

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham

He consoled me with the Word of God; he was a learned and conversable man, and he interceded for me with his Majesty.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina