Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Maintaining friendly intercourse; companionable; social.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Companionable; sociable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete companionable; sociable

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Examples

  • Sometimes they needed transplanting during circle time as the plant they were beside was too companiable, or not beneficial to their growth for that moment.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Belinda 2008

  • Sometimes they needed transplanting during circle time as the plant they were beside was too companiable, or not beneficial to their growth for that moment.

    A Variant Garden Angcat 2008

  • Zeidman has a a dry and companiable tone as he describes the Irving Place Theatre, the Columbia Wheel, the Minksys, and the development of the striptease.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Burlesque Daily 2007

  • Zeidman has a a dry and companiable tone as he describes the Irving Place Theatre, the Columbia Wheel, the Minksys, and the development of the striptease.

    Book Review: The American Burlesque Show Burlesque Daily 2007

  • One that you can either be riveted in conversation with or spend three hours in companiable silence?

    Archive 2007-05-01 Marina Geigert 2007

  • We would have sat in companiable silence popcorn chewing excepted, conversation unnecessary.

    swallow 2006

  • Freedom is good but I agree companiable silence, no conversation necessary is a joy.

    cinéphile 2006

  • Sadly though the intention had been to get to see the Crypt, where the Rakoff collection of comics is stored, both our minds let it slip till too late - but I did see the really cool old lifts with the doors you have to close manually and suchlike, plus having a nice lunch with companiable conversation.

    A day away at the V&A but not at play jinty 2006

  • We would have sat in companiable silence popcorn chewing excepted, conversation unnecessary.

    cinéphile 2006

  • Eggy gave this the respect it deserved and we walked on in an atmosphere of companiable introspection.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

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