personable

[ pur-suh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. having an agreeable or pleasing personality; affable; amiable; sociable.

  2. of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.

Origin of personable

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at person, -able

Other words from personable

  • per·son·a·ble·ness, noun
  • per·son·a·bly, adverb
  • qua·si-per·son·a·ble, adjective
  • qua·si-per·son·a·bly, adverb
  • un·per·son·a·ble, adjective

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How to use personable in a sentence

  • I forgot to tell Baxter that the dummy had turned up and is a fine, personable-looking volume and very good reading.

  • But he was a very personable young man; and so thought the bridemaids and Miss Betsey herself.

    Grandfather's Chair | Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The athletic and personable young actor—entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore—was striding to and fro talking excitedly.

    Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • She gave no coherent answer, but smiled always, then leaned forward and stroked Mrs. Benson upon her personable cheek.

    Rest Harrow | Maurice Hewlett
  • personable; comely, well-looking, handsome:—'Diarmid Bawn the piper, as personable a looking man as any in the five parishes.'

British Dictionary definitions for personable

personable

/ (ˈpɜːsənəbəl) /


adjective
  1. pleasant in appearance and personality

Derived forms of personable

  • personableness, noun
  • personably, adverb

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