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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having a well-formed body or person; of good appearance; comely; presentable.
  2. In law: Qualified to maintain pleas in court.
  3. Competent to take anything granted or given.
  4. Personally visible; able to be interviewed.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. of a person Having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable.
  2. adj. law Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
  3. adj. Having capacity to take anything granted.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable.
  2. adj. Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
  3. adj. Having capacity to take anything granted.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English personable, personabil, equivalent to person +‎ -able. Compare Medieval Latin personabilis ("personal"), found in a late 13th century British source. The Middle French personable ("remarkable, important"), doesn't appear until 1528. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The doc's also very personable, which is a plus for anyone, but especially for Dad, who thrives on social contact.”

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  • “Early reports paint a picture of Joe Stack as a normal guy, described as personable and calm by those who knew him, whose burning anger at the government was present just below the surface.”

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  • “The teachers also get a chance to be much more personable, which is extremely beneficial for the academics.”

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  • “Police dubbed the personable Paddy's crew the Stopwatch Gang, because they never took more than 90 seconds to pull a heist.”

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  • “Detroit manager Jim Leyland called the personable Granderson "the total package.”

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  • “Zduriencik is known as a personable man and an overall nice guy, but that doesn't make him incapable of tough decisions.”

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  • “I think the staff there are very personable which is the main reason why I selected them to help tell my story and I'm looking forward to the finished product.”

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  • “HOLMES: But he's just that kind of personable, outgoing guy.”

    CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2009

  • “Bosco described Drew Peterson as "personable" and a "man of few words.”

    Newsweek: A Cop Under a Cloud

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. graceful
  1. comely
  1. presentable
  1. good-looking

equivalents (1)

Other words for ‘personable’

  1. attractive

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. fine-looking
  2. likable
  3. good-looking
  4. well-spoken
  1. debonair
  2. sociable
  3. clean-limbed
  4. well-built
  1. well-formed
  2. fair-haired
  3. nice-looking
  4. sandy-haired
  1. pleasant-faced
  2. well-behaved
  3. soft-spoken
  4. charismatic
  1. presentable
  2. well-grown
  3. knowledgeable
  4. youngish
  1. well-dressed
  2. well-bred

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. unpersonable
  1. proper

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