conversable
Example Sentences
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This aspiration was whispered, as though its object were within conversable distance.
From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian
He was a clever and conversable man, well lettered, a great discourser, and full of a diversity of experience....
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Well, well, who would have thought that so conversable and intelligent a creature should have come to such a melancholy end?”
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
You will not wonder if upon this surprise I was not conversable for some minutes, and that the disorder had almost discovered itself.
From The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana by Defoe, Daniel
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)
