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On the one hand the novel is that friendly old beast, the late Victorian realist novel in English - gregarious, self-aware, pompous.

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  1. adjective Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
  2. adjective Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
  3. adjective Botany Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted.

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  • Elephants are gregarious, and the average number in a herd is about eight, although they frequently form bodies of fifty and even eighty in one troop. —  The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon
  • They do plenty of snubbing on their own, but just let someone who's snubbed them all her life suddenly break down and turn gregarious -- and they all come rolling on their backs with their paws folded, for you to rub their bellies. —  The Fountainhead
  • Some people are simply gregarious, and twitter together like starlings in a shrubbery: that isn't talk — it's only a series of signals and exclamations. —  Father Payne
  • " She knew that her friend was gregarious, and that a day without a chance to have a good gossip was a trial for her. —  The Kalahari Typing School For Men
  • On the one hand the novel is that friendly old beast, the late Victorian realist novel in English - gregarious, self-aware, pompous. —  Eve's Alexandria
 

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  1. Latin gregārius, belonging to a flock, from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French grégaire = Spanish Italian gregario, gregarious, from Latin gregarius, of a flock, common, from grex (greg-), a flock, herd, drove, swarm; supposed to be redupl. from the root seen in Greek ἀγείρειν, collect, assemble: see agora.
 

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