Crossword clues for sociable
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sociable \So"cia*ble\, n.
A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. [Colloq. U. S.]
A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.
--Miss Edgeworth.
Sociable \So"cia*ble\, a.[F., fr. L. sociabilis, fr. sociare to associate, fr. socius a companion. See Social.]
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Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. [R.]
They are sociable parts united into one body.
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Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social.
Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
--Shak.What can be more uneasy to this sociable creature than the dry, pensive retirements of solitude?
--South. Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.
Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party.
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No longer hostile; friendly. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.Sociable bird, or Sociable weaver (Zo["o]l.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b) .
Syn: Social; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; accessible.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "enjoying the company of others," from Middle French sociable (16c.) and directly from Latin sociabilis "close, intimate, easily united," from sociare "to join, unite," from socius "companion, ally" (see social (adj.)).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial. 2 Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation. 3 (context archaic English) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. 4 (context obsolete English) No longer hostile; friendly.
WordNet
adj. inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious" [ant: unsociable]
friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering"
n. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity [syn: social, mixer]
Wikipedia
The Sociable or Buddy Bike or Side By Side Bicycle is a bicycle that supports two riders who sit side by side.
This type of bicycle should not be confused with a tandem bicycle, where the riders sit fore and aft rather than beside each other.
A sociable (short for sociable coach) or barouche-sociable is an open, four-wheeled carriage described as a cross between a barouche and a victoria, having two double seats facing each other. It might be controlled from the interior by an owner-driver or have a box for a coachman. A pair of folding hoods protect the passengers. The carriage is drawn by either a single horse in shafts or a matching pair in pole gear.
The Balmoral Sociable is a carriage of the Royal Mews (so named because its interior is lined with Balmoral tartan); it is still used on occasion.
Usage examples of "sociable".
He had a good appetite, could tell a good story without laughing, was celebrated for his witty repartees and his sociable manners, but he spent his life at home, seldom going out, and seeing hardly anyone because he always had a pipe in his mouth and was surrounded by at least twenty cats, with which he would amuse himself all day.
Lafayette Escadrille are mighty kind and sociable, but there are times when a fellow gets homesick.
I follows this gink around until he becomes sociable and sort of adopts me.
For it is the property, say they, of one that is naturally sociable, to be sensible, that he doth operate sociably: nay, and to desire, that the party him self that is sociably dealt with, should be sensible of it too.
The Urubu vultures of Brazil are as, or perhaps even more, sociable than rooks.
CHAPTER V Life at baden-baden proved a very sociable affair, and Bernard Longueville perceived that he should not lack opportunity for the exercise of those gifts of intelligence to which Gordon Wright had appealed.
Terraforming Project offices, a blandly sociable gesture that did not fool Miles for a moment.
He had such a calm, sociable character that during the whole period of his imprisonment he never quarrelled with anyone.
The large tribe, of the marmots, which includes the three large genuses of Arctomys, Cynomys, and Spermophilus, is still more sociable and still more intelligent.
It may be added that like all sociable animals, the chakar easily becomes tame and grows very attached to man.
The confreries provided a context of life that was intensely sociable, with the solace and sometimes the abrasions that sociability implies.
He only became a sociable being on holidays, on which occasions he would spend his time with his friends in some tavern, coming home at midnight as drunk as a lord and singing verses from Tasso.
I say, that under such circumstances these ships should not only interchange hails, but come into still closer, more friendly and sociable contact.
Jacob wondered if the Pil was trying to be sociable, or if he came by his charm naturally.
The cranes are extremely sociable and live in most excellent relations, not only with their congeners, but also with most aquatic birds.