sociable

sociable (ˈsəʊʃəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	friendly or companionable
2.	(of an occasion) providing the opportunity for friendliness and conviviality

—n
3.	chiefly (US) another name for social
4.	a type of open carriage with two seats facing each other

[C16: via French from Latin sociābilis, from sociāre to unite, from socius an associate]

socia'bility

—n

'sociableness

—n

'sociably

—*adv*

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sociable

1553, from L. sociabilis "close, intimate," from sociare "to join, unite," from socius "companion" (see social).

Example sentences

We encourage them to be outgoing, polite and sociable.

Tailorbirds sew leaves together, and sociable weaverbirds collaborate on

nine-foot-high multifamily dwellings.

Now biologists are on the tail of these deep-diving, long-lived, sociable and

mysterious sea creatures.

But people get emotional over the huge, intelligent and sociable creatures.

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"The secret of heaven is kept from age to age. No imprudent, no sociable angel ever dropt an early syllable to answer the longings of saints, the fears of mortals. We should have listened on our knees to any favorite, who, by stricter obedience, had brought his thoughts into parallelism with the celestial currents, and could hint to human ears the scenery and circumstance of the newly parted soul."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson