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Meanings of sociability in English

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sociabilitat

The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows.

sociabilitat
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Examples for "sociableness"
Examples for "sociableness"
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His sociableness and perfect openness of expression I was quite delighted with.
Life of Father Hecker
2
The sociableness, the discipline, the division of responsibility make factory work a dangerous rival to domestic care.
The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
3
There is a heartiness among them that is more like Cornwall than any I have known, and great sociableness.'
Penelope's Irish Experiences
4
Here is a great deal of good company, and abundance of gentry being in the neighbourhood, it adds to the sociableness of the place.
From London to Land's End / and Two Letters from the "Journey th...
5
His ravenish, unpleasant voice seemed to act on the company like a chill wind, depriving treason of its warm sociableness but leaving in the sting.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
Usage of sociability in English
1
Neither the personal form nor the nature of the occupation determines sociability.
More Hunting Wasps
2
Why, you silly child, it is to promote sociability in the church.
A Beautiful Possibility
3
There was some evidence for impaired sociability in the mixed-handed schizophrenic patients.
Pubmed
4
All our action should be referred to this moral ideal of sociability.
Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
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He was not a sociable man, and sociability is in itself expensive.
From a College Window
6
Some new plan of pleasure and sociability is constantly courting our adoption.
The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton / A Novel: Founde...
7
I wanted to nudge a few nuggets of sociability out of him.
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
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It, however, brings the young people together, and promotes sociability and conversation.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
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The country ways of sociability had not all gone out of date.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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Shyness and sociability showed significant overlap in both parent and teacher-rated EAS.
Pubmed
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The criterion of sociability, Guyau claims, is much more concrete and useful.
Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
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An unsatisfied or superabundant sociability lies back of our love of fiction.
The Principles of Aesthetics
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As he loved London, so he loved a tavern for its sociability.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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Pete had learned to discourage the rare sociability of the other traders.
Snow-Blind
15
Despite his own sociability issues, Spinelli apparently knew to leave well enough alone.
Private Sector
16
The authors suggest there may be three: sociability, transitivity and centrality.
The Guardian
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Sociability through the time
Sociability across language varieties
United Kingdom
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