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Meanings of sociable in English

Catalan
tertúlia
Spanish
tertulia

A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity.

        tertúlia
        Portuguese
        sociável
        Spanish
        social

        Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others.

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              sociável

              Sociable.

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                      Usage of sociable in English
                      1
                      Looking for a quietly sociable way to ring in the new year?
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      Usually the nighthawks hunt in little companies in the most sociable fashion.
                      Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred a...
                      3
                      Occasionally they talked animatedly; quite as frequently they sat in sociable silence.
                      The Gray Dawn
                      4
                      He was a sociable and devoted family man who reared nine children.
                      The Irish Times
                      5
                      He was in the prime of manhood, sociable and full of animation.
                      Watch Yourself Go By
                      6
                      We are in danger of losing our sociable box at the Opera.
                      The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
                      7
                      There are a number of piwakawaka which are very friendly and sociable.
                      Radio NZ
                      8
                      Miss Lawrence very readily consented; and we had a very sociable ride.
                      The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton / A Novel: Founde...
                      9
                      In some regions they are very sociable, and not just amongst themselves.
                      BBC
                      10
                      The prospect attracts voyagers who are unfussy, inherently sociable, certainly not retiring.
                      The Irish Times
                      11
                      He seemed in a sociable mood, and I sate down beside him.
                      The Upton Letters
                      12
                      The people also appeared to me here more sociable and more hospitable.
                      Travels in England in 1782
                      13
                      Only the more intelligent ponies scented an occasional friendly and sociable bear.
                      The Education of Henry Adams
                      14
                      Here he fell in with a sociable gentleman, much addicted to gossip.
                      Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
                      15
                      Twichell comforted me and I scrubbed him off and we got sociable.
                      Mark Twain's Speeches
                      16
                      He was not a sociable man, and sociability is in itself expensive.
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                      Translations for sociable
                      Portuguese
                      sociável
                      Sociable through the time
                      Sociable across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Less common