conversable
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At luncheon the three young ladies met as usual in the dining-room: Fanny appeared to have recovered her spirits and good-humour, and Henrietta seemed to wish to be more conversable than usual.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
This aspiration was whispered, as though its object were within conversable distance.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
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 Daniel Defoe
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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Abraham Firth
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