conversable

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Just then, perhaps, Nettie was not a very conversable companion.

From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Such in fact has been her habitual frame ever since; though the endeavors of her friends, who have sought to console her, have rendered her somewhat more conversable.

From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster

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)

Mrs. Bardell let lodgings to many conversable single gentlemen, with great profit, but never brought any more actions for breach of promise of marriage.

From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles

"You found the Arabs conversable and ready at the cup, Mr. Monday?" observed the captain, lighting a cigar, which with him was a never-failing sign for a gossip.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore