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Sociable   /sˈoʊʃəbəl/   Listen
adjective
Sociable  adj.  
1.
Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. (R.) "They are sociable parts united into one body."
2.
Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social. "Society is no comfort to one not sociable." "What can be more uneasy to this sociable creature than the dry, pensive retirements of solitude?"
3.
Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.
4.
Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party.
5.
No longer hostile; friendly. (Obs.)
Sociable bird, or Sociable weaver (Zool.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b).
Synonyms: Social; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; accessible.


noun
Sociable  n.  
1.
A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. (Colloq. U. S.)
2.
A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.





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"Sociable" Quotes from Famous Books



... not be supposed that the Hardys, during the whole of this time, were leading a perfectly solitary life. Upon the contrary, they had a great deal of sociable companionship. Within a range of ten miles there were no less than four estancias owned by Englishmen, besides that of their first friend Mr. Percy. A ride of twenty miles is thought nothing of out on the pampas. The estate immediately to the rear of their own was owned ...
— On the Pampas • G. A. Henty
... true that God is the author of man, it is God who renders man sociable; it is God who wishes man to live in society where he can obtain the greatest good. If God is good, he cannot approve that men should leave society to become miserable; if God is the author of reason, he can only wish that men who ...
— Letters to Eugenia - or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices • Baron d'Holbach
... life till fifteen years ago I started trucking here in Helena. I gets six dollars assistance from the Sociable Welfare and some little helpouts as I calls it—rice and potatoes and apples. I got one boy fifty-five years old if he be living. I haven't seen him since 1916. He left and went to Chicago. I got a girl in St. Louis. I got a girl here in Helena. I jus' been up to see ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration
... looked questioningly at the seaman as he touched the lighted end of a match to his cigar. "That is true. We—er—are busy, too busy for our own good. We ought to be more sociable here in Little River. We need ...
— Captain Pott's Minister • Francis L. Cooper
... spell-word of admittance. Nothing could have suited me better, at the time; for I had been holding a position of public servitude, which imposed upon me (among a great many lighter duties) the ponderous necessity of being universally civil and sociable. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 60, October 1862 • Various


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