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personableness

personableness noun: the quality of being personable.

Noun

personableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being personable.
    • […] I know no other set of men but what lose something of their personableness when they cease to be quite young.1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    • Osborn's personableness was not of a kind attractive to the unbiassed male observer.1901, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Methods of Lady Walderhurst
    Synonyms:
    personability

Synonyms of personableness

Origin of personableness

From personable + -ness.

Questions about personableness

What does personableness mean?
Personableness means the quality of being personable.
What part of speech is personableness?
Personableness is a noun.

Words near personableness in the dictionary

  1. persona grata
  2. persona muta
  3. persona non grata
  4. personability
  5. personable
  6. personableness
  7. personably
  8. personae
  9. personae gratae
  10. personae non gratae
  11. personage

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