companionable
companionable adjective: having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable.
Adjective
companionable (comparative more companionable, superlative most companionable)
- Having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable.
- She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
- I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.1854, Henry David Thoreau, chapter V, in Walden, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, published 1910, page 178
companionable meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Persian
companionable in Urdu
- قابل دوستی
companionable in Malayalam
- affable, friendly, cordial
- കൂട്ടുകൂടാൻ കൊള്ളാവുന്ന, മെെത്രിക്കു യോഗ്യമായ, അടുപ്പിക്കാൻ കൊള്ളാവുന്ന, സൗമ്യമായ, ഇണക്കമുള്ള, സ്നേഹശീലമായ
companionable in Persian
- being worthy of companionship
- شایستهٔ رفاقت, درخورِ معاشرت, اجتماعی
Examples of companionable in a sentence
- All the disagreeable circumstances of my prison had become, as it were, to me friendly and companionable; not one of them gave me annoyance.1887, Benvenuto Cellini, chapter CXXI, in John Addington Symonds, transl., Autobiography, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, published 1910...
- Then he strolled back again, kicking his heels carelessly, and a companionable silence fell between the three men.1908, G. K. Chesterton, chapter IX, in The Man Who Was Thursday, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, published 1910, page 154:
- They are a companionable food; they make a pleasant, crunching noise when they are bitten, and so, when one is eating carrots, one can listen to the sound of one's eating and make a story from it.1914, James Stephens, The Demi-Gods, New York: Macmillan, published 1921, Book II, pp. 126-7:
- Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, New York: Vintage, published 2004, page 100:
Forms of companionable
| comparative | more companionable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most companionable |
Origin of companionable
From companion + -able.
Words formed from companionable
Questions about companionable
- What does companionable mean?
- Companionable means having the characteristics of a worthy companion; friendly and sociable.
- What is companionable in Urdu?
- Companionable in Urdu is قابل دوستی. See Companionable meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use companionable in a sentence?
- All the disagreeable circumstances of my prison had become, as it were, to me friendly and companionable; not one of them gave me annoyance.
- What part of speech is companionable?
- Companionable is an adjective.
Words near companionable in the dictionary
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