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Synonyms for personable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pur-suh-nuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr sə nə bəl

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Définition of personable

Origin :
  • "pleasing in one's person," early 15c., from person + -able, or else from Middle French personable. Related: Personably.
  • adj friendly, sociable
Example sentences :
  • He seems to me quite a personable young man, and he may be useful!
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • A tall, personable gentleman he is, something stiff and stately.
  • Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • "And yet you are a personable man enough," she said rather thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
  • He was not of the common, straight-featured, personable type.
  • Extract from : « In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Big, lovable, personable auntie, could the pity of it be that she was always submitting?
  • Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
  • "A personable individual too, Morton—considering—" said Charley.
  • Extract from : « Alone » by Marion Harland
  • I was never pretty, like you, my dears; but personable, quite personable.
  • Extract from : « A Question of Marriage » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • Could it be, I thought, Willy's personable influence working on Goil?
  • Extract from : « Jack of No Trades » by Charles Cottrell
  • It happens that she is a most efficient and personable stewardess.
  • Extract from : « Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • The king is a personable man, but with a red face and white eyebrows.
  • Extract from : « Lives of Celebrated Women » by Samuel Griswold Goodrich

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