conversable

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He soon turned away from her and joined the gentlemen, who became more conversable after his arrival.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

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

This aspiration was whispered, as though its object were within conversable distance.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

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

He was the pleasantest and most conversable member of the diplomatic corps while I was there; a man of good fancy, acuteness, irony, cunning, and egoism.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson