Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a conversant or familiar manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a familiar manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a familiar manner.
Etymologies
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conversant + -ly
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Examples
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While the King and his court took a liking to the erudite Mr. Jefferson, who could speak conversantly (if haltingly) on any number of French cultural topics, the French bureaucracy stopped Jefferson dead in his tracks.
A Snippet Of Relevant History emmycantbemeeko 2006
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A writer’s knowledge should be an inch deep and a mile wide: that is to say we need to be able to speak — or write — conversantly about many, many subjects, but rarely is in-depth information needed, at which point we can research said subject.
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