Definition of companionable in English:

companionable

adjective kəmˈpanjənəb(ə)lkəmˈpænjənəb(ə)l

1Friendly and sociable.
（人）友好的，友善的；好交际的
a companionable young man
友善的年轻男子。
Example sentencesExamples
- But the site of them, unquarreling, almost companionable, prompted me to resume it.
- Amy didn't so much laugh as cough, and Father Marino, companionable, did too.
- Continuing upward, we passed an old log barn from which we could hear the companionable gurgles and neck bells of sheep, safely shut away behind a door.
- Others find him less than companionable because of these qualities.
- Annoyingly, they have for the most part turned out to be pleasant, companionable, warm, decent folk.
- Of the entire team, Elvira was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits.
- He loves me because he believes I am beautiful, and we are generally companionable.
- Then, too, Harrison was more of a companionable colleague than a charismatic authority figure who vigorously promoted his ideas and nurtured disciples.
- He was companionable to the few who came within his favor but never hesitated to speak his mind, however unpleasant the impression left.
- She is an informative, analytically rigorous, yet always companionable and deeply humane guide through the moral thicket that is early 21st century assisted reproduction.
- Literature is filled with companionable, often jesting and jawboning mates, an endless procession of Nicks and Noras and Mr. and Mrs. Bennetts.
- Jim finds him to be ‘a most companionable fellow’.
- She realized she had lost the companionable Nick and was once again confronted with the strange, quiet, and somewhat frightening, angry Nick.
- He is always a companionable narrator, but he also knows when to let his subjects speak for themselves.
- I wasn't far down my first beer when I decided he was probably the most companionable man I'd ever met.
- This battle-scared male veteran was missing his right eye and many teeth, had several fresh wounds which had to be treated, and yet was very compliant and companionable.
- The two evolved from antagonistic opponents to companionable partners, and would play practice rounds all day.
- Second, try to be at least a little companionable while we're stuck here.
Synonyms
friendly, affable, cordial, genial, congenial, amiable, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, neighbourly, hospitable, comradely, easy to get along with
sociable, convivial, outgoing, extrovert, extroverted, gregarious, company-loving, hail-fellow-well-met
informal chummy, pally
British informal matey
North American informal buddy-buddy, clubby, regular
1. 1.1 (of a situation) relaxed and pleasant because shared with friends or friendly people.
  （情况）（因与友人分担）轻松自在的，从容的；令人愉快的
  they walked in companionable silence
  他们轻松自在而又安静地散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her mother and father were seated together on the sofa, sharing the evening's newspaper in companionable silence.
  The two drank their coffees in companionable silence, both significantly more relaxed than when they came in.
  After that remark, the three friends kept to a companionable silence.
  It was that nice companionable silence again, and I enjoyed it.
  They are sharing, in a companionable silence somehow caught on camera, a moment of profound reflection and thought.

Derivatives

companionability

noun

Observers noted a growth in the number of married women workers, the decrease in family size, the increased companionability of working class marriages, and the emergence of an apparently reformed working class masculinity.
Example sentencesExamples
- At first she is charmed by them, and comforted by the companionability of the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.
- Majoring on looks can give the impression that you rate such attributes as kindness, good humour, wit, passion, companionability and compatibility as secondary to appearances.
- For anyone traveling alone, or someone who is naturally gregarious, the cheery companionability of the other guests might have been fun.
- I can think of several reasons why British radio is going through such a good time. There's companionability: radio's gift of appearing to talk just to me.

companionableness

noun

Thoreau was wedded to Nature not so much for her beauty as for delight in her high companionableness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Jason is a perfect friend who binds me to himself with the beauty of his heart, companionableness, his sense of humor and friendship in a foreign country where I do not know the culture and people at all.
- There is something intensely companionable about playing with three others in a confined space; a companionableness which extends to giving opponents a fair sight of the ball without intervention of a referee.
- While the plants originated in the tropics, their companionableness seems to have been a North American discovery.
- On leaving Oxford in 1893 he was for some years a clerk in the House of Commons, where his quick interest and companionableness made him widely popular and where a pleasant life seemed before him.

companionably

adverb kəmˈpanjənəblikəmˈpænjənəbli

And so I did, and we both took a short break to sip the amber nectar companionably.
Example sentencesExamples
- A few minutes earlier, the two women had been standing together, talking companionably, and now they were snatching and clawing at each other.
- I fixed him some dinner and we sat companionably on the couch.
- Dolly sits by my side companionably while Harry rootles about in the shadows, safe in the knowledge that his muddy paws and dampened fur will be towelled clean and dry when we go back inside.
- She backed out of the hydrangeas, gave herself a good shake and plodded over to sit companionably by me, still and quiet.

Origin

Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete companiable, influenced by companion¹.

Definition of companionable in US English:

companionable

adjectivekəmˈpanyənəb(ə)lkəmˈpænjənəb(ə)l

1(of a person) friendly and sociable.
（人）友好的，友善的；好交际的
a companionable young man
友善的年轻男子。
Example sentencesExamples
- Second, try to be at least a little companionable while we're stuck here.
- Of the entire team, Elvira was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits.
- I wasn't far down my first beer when I decided he was probably the most companionable man I'd ever met.
- Then, too, Harrison was more of a companionable colleague than a charismatic authority figure who vigorously promoted his ideas and nurtured disciples.
- He is always a companionable narrator, but he also knows when to let his subjects speak for themselves.
- The two evolved from antagonistic opponents to companionable partners, and would play practice rounds all day.
- She realized she had lost the companionable Nick and was once again confronted with the strange, quiet, and somewhat frightening, angry Nick.
- But the site of them, unquarreling, almost companionable, prompted me to resume it.
- He loves me because he believes I am beautiful, and we are generally companionable.
- He was companionable to the few who came within his favor but never hesitated to speak his mind, however unpleasant the impression left.
- Jim finds him to be ‘a most companionable fellow’.
- She is an informative, analytically rigorous, yet always companionable and deeply humane guide through the moral thicket that is early 21st century assisted reproduction.
- Annoyingly, they have for the most part turned out to be pleasant, companionable, warm, decent folk.
- Others find him less than companionable because of these qualities.
- Amy didn't so much laugh as cough, and Father Marino, companionable, did too.
- This battle-scared male veteran was missing his right eye and many teeth, had several fresh wounds which had to be treated, and yet was very compliant and companionable.
- Literature is filled with companionable, often jesting and jawboning mates, an endless procession of Nicks and Noras and Mr. and Mrs. Bennetts.
- Continuing upward, we passed an old log barn from which we could hear the companionable gurgles and neck bells of sheep, safely shut away behind a door.
Synonyms
friendly, affable, cordial, genial, congenial, amiable, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, neighbourly, hospitable, comradely, easy to get along with
1. 1.1 (of a shared situation) relaxed and pleasant.
  they walked in companionable silence
  他们轻松自在而又安静地散步。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her mother and father were seated together on the sofa, sharing the evening's newspaper in companionable silence.
  It was that nice companionable silence again, and I enjoyed it.
  The two drank their coffees in companionable silence, both significantly more relaxed than when they came in.
  They are sharing, in a companionable silence somehow caught on camera, a moment of profound reflection and thought.
  After that remark, the three friends kept to a companionable silence.

Origin

Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete companiable, influenced by companion.

单词	companionable
释义	Definition of companionable in English: companionable adjective kəmˈpanjənəb(ə)lkəmˈpænjənəb(ə)l 1Friendly and sociable. （人）友好的，友善的；好交际的 a companionable young man 友善的年轻男子。 Example sentencesExamples But the site of them, unquarreling, almost companionable, prompted me to resume it. Amy didn't so much laugh as cough, and Father Marino, companionable, did too. Continuing upward, we passed an old log barn from which we could hear the companionable gurgles and neck bells of sheep, safely shut away behind a door. Others find him less than companionable because of these qualities. Annoyingly, they have for the most part turned out to be pleasant, companionable, warm, decent folk. Of the entire team, Elvira was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits. He loves me because he believes I am beautiful, and we are generally companionable. Then, too, Harrison was more of a companionable colleague than a charismatic authority figure who vigorously promoted his ideas and nurtured disciples. He was companionable to the few who came within his favor but never hesitated to speak his mind, however unpleasant the impression left. She is an informative, analytically rigorous, yet always companionable and deeply humane guide through the moral thicket that is early 21st century assisted reproduction. Literature is filled with companionable, often jesting and jawboning mates, an endless procession of Nicks and Noras and Mr. and Mrs. Bennetts. Jim finds him to be ‘a most companionable fellow’. She realized she had lost the companionable Nick and was once again confronted with the strange, quiet, and somewhat frightening, angry Nick. He is always a companionable narrator, but he also knows when to let his subjects speak for themselves. I wasn't far down my first beer when I decided he was probably the most companionable man I'd ever met. This battle-scared male veteran was missing his right eye and many teeth, had several fresh wounds which had to be treated, and yet was very compliant and companionable. The two evolved from antagonistic opponents to companionable partners, and would play practice rounds all day. Second, try to be at least a little companionable while we're stuck here. Synonyms friendly, affable, cordial, genial, congenial, amiable, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, neighbourly, hospitable, comradely, easy to get along with sociable, convivial, outgoing, extrovert, extroverted, gregarious, company-loving, hail-fellow-well-met informal chummy, pally British informal matey North American informal buddy-buddy, clubby, regular 1.1 (of a situation) relaxed and pleasant because shared with friends or friendly people. （情况）（因与友人分担）轻松自在的，从容的；令人愉快的 they walked in companionable silence 他们轻松自在而又安静地散步。 Example sentencesExamples Her mother and father were seated together on the sofa, sharing the evening's newspaper in companionable silence. The two drank their coffees in companionable silence, both significantly more relaxed than when they came in. After that remark, the three friends kept to a companionable silence. It was that nice companionable silence again, and I enjoyed it. They are sharing, in a companionable silence somehow caught on camera, a moment of profound reflection and thought. Derivatives companionability noun Observers noted a growth in the number of married women workers, the decrease in family size, the increased companionability of working class marriages, and the emergence of an apparently reformed working class masculinity. Example sentencesExamples At first she is charmed by them, and comforted by the companionability of the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. Majoring on looks can give the impression that you rate such attributes as kindness, good humour, wit, passion, companionability and compatibility as secondary to appearances. For anyone traveling alone, or someone who is naturally gregarious, the cheery companionability of the other guests might have been fun. I can think of several reasons why British radio is going through such a good time. There's companionability: radio's gift of appearing to talk just to me. companionableness noun Thoreau was wedded to Nature not so much for her beauty as for delight in her high companionableness. Example sentencesExamples Jason is a perfect friend who binds me to himself with the beauty of his heart, companionableness, his sense of humor and friendship in a foreign country where I do not know the culture and people at all. There is something intensely companionable about playing with three others in a confined space; a companionableness which extends to giving opponents a fair sight of the ball without intervention of a referee. While the plants originated in the tropics, their companionableness seems to have been a North American discovery. On leaving Oxford in 1893 he was for some years a clerk in the House of Commons, where his quick interest and companionableness made him widely popular and where a pleasant life seemed before him. companionably adverb kəmˈpanjənəblikəmˈpænjənəbli And so I did, and we both took a short break to sip the amber nectar companionably. Example sentencesExamples A few minutes earlier, the two women had been standing together, talking companionably, and now they were snatching and clawing at each other. I fixed him some dinner and we sat companionably on the couch. Dolly sits by my side companionably while Harry rootles about in the shadows, safe in the knowledge that his muddy paws and dampened fur will be towelled clean and dry when we go back inside. She backed out of the hydrangeas, gave herself a good shake and plodded over to sit companionably by me, still and quiet. Origin Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete companiable, influenced by companion¹. Definition of companionable in US English: companionable adjectivekəmˈpanyənəb(ə)lkəmˈpænjənəb(ə)l 1(of a person) friendly and sociable. （人）友好的，友善的；好交际的 a companionable young man 友善的年轻男子。 Example sentencesExamples Second, try to be at least a little companionable while we're stuck here. Of the entire team, Elvira was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits. I wasn't far down my first beer when I decided he was probably the most companionable man I'd ever met. Then, too, Harrison was more of a companionable colleague than a charismatic authority figure who vigorously promoted his ideas and nurtured disciples. He is always a companionable narrator, but he also knows when to let his subjects speak for themselves. The two evolved from antagonistic opponents to companionable partners, and would play practice rounds all day. She realized she had lost the companionable Nick and was once again confronted with the strange, quiet, and somewhat frightening, angry Nick. But the site of them, unquarreling, almost companionable, prompted me to resume it. He loves me because he believes I am beautiful, and we are generally companionable. He was companionable to the few who came within his favor but never hesitated to speak his mind, however unpleasant the impression left. Jim finds him to be ‘a most companionable fellow’. She is an informative, analytically rigorous, yet always companionable and deeply humane guide through the moral thicket that is early 21st century assisted reproduction. Annoyingly, they have for the most part turned out to be pleasant, companionable, warm, decent folk. Others find him less than companionable because of these qualities. Amy didn't so much laugh as cough, and Father Marino, companionable, did too. This battle-scared male veteran was missing his right eye and many teeth, had several fresh wounds which had to be treated, and yet was very compliant and companionable. Literature is filled with companionable, often jesting and jawboning mates, an endless procession of Nicks and Noras and Mr. and Mrs. Bennetts. Continuing upward, we passed an old log barn from which we could hear the companionable gurgles and neck bells of sheep, safely shut away behind a door. Synonyms friendly, affable, cordial, genial, congenial, amiable, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, neighbourly, hospitable, comradely, easy to get along with 1.1 (of a shared situation) relaxed and pleasant. they walked in companionable silence 他们轻松自在而又安静地散步。 Example sentencesExamples Her mother and father were seated together on the sofa, sharing the evening's newspaper in companionable silence. It was that nice companionable silence again, and I enjoyed it. The two drank their coffees in companionable silence, both significantly more relaxed than when they came in. They are sharing, in a companionable silence somehow caught on camera, a moment of profound reflection and thought. After that remark, the three friends kept to a companionable silence. Origin Early 17th century: alteration of obsolete companiable, influenced by companion.
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