personable

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He's energetic and personable, and his enthusiasm spills over to the rest of the team.

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  1. adjective Pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive.

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  • A local lad who made good, Mr. Affleck is intelligent, personable, and very willing to poke fun at his brouhaha of a matinee idol life. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 01 - July 2003
  • Handsome and apparently personable, at least from the comparatively few bytes available on him. —  Archform: Beauty by L. E. Modessit Jr.
  • I mean, I wasn't prepared to be an average teenager, you know At that first interview, Tim Murray found Jane to be friendly, personable, attractive: She had curly, darkish-red hair over eyes the color of macadamia nuts, and a figure that was not blatantly voluptuous but nevertheless shapely enough to turn male heads for a second look. —  EQMM,August2006
  • I find them all attractive, personable, and quite suitable from what I have been able to learn so far. —  Johanna Lindsey - Tender Rebel
  • He's personable, and has a real flair for making complex design ideas seem simple and easily replicated. —  AllYourTV.com: Your Complete Guide To All Things TV
 

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  1. from Old French personable, personnable; as person + -able.
 

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/ˈpərsənəbl/
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