conversable
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My niece, a charming and interesting young person and most conversable, stays, I hope, through the greater part of September, and I even curse that necessary limit—when she returns to America....
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
To tea at Mrs. Hazeltine's where met William Allen Butler, author of 'Nothing to Wear'—a bright-eyed, conversable man.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
"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
The Techniker was very conversable, and said especially what pleasure it gave him that Pilgrim was so intimate with them.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold
This aspiration was whispered, as though its object were within conversable distance.
From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian
