Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the qualities of a good companion; friendly. synonym: social.
- adjective Suggestive of or conducive to companionship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fitted for good-fellowship; qualified or inclined to be agreeable in company; sociable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the characteristics of a
worthy companion ;friendly andsociable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggestive of companionship
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Examples
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We sat in what I suppose was called companionable silence.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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They walked along in companionable silence for a while when suddenly the Doctor blurted out, “You want a ring, Rose?”
Update amberfocus 2008
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We sat in what I suppose was called companionable silence.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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They ate together in companionable silence until it was almost time to go.
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Anyone who feels like meeting me there -- just to work in companionable silence with tasty snacks, not to chat -- come on by.
November 21st, 2003 tahnan 2003
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And it’s true: Sitting with others, even in companionable silence, at our own humble, artisanal feast of creation is healing me.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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And it’s true: Sitting with others, even in companionable silence, at our own humble, artisanal feast of creation is healing me.
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They instantly fall into certain companionable roles: the smartest one lends an educated perspective on a topic, the most outrageous one cracks the kind of jokes she wouldn’t dare to if a man were around, the least intellectually secure one feels safe enough to ask the most rudimentary questions.
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They instantly fall into certain companionable roles: the smartest one lends an educated perspective on a topic, the most outrageous one cracks the kind of jokes she wouldn’t dare to if a man were around, the least intellectually secure one feels safe enough to ask the most rudimentary questions.
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Although perhaps it is more important for a poet to be "companionable" than to dilly-dally around so much with words and stuff, more important to offer "something born of blood and emotion" (as if Stevens's poems don't contain emotion -- has Wiman read "The Death of a Soldier"?) than to write skillful and provocative poems.
Poetry 2010
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