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  • 11companionable — adjective Date: 14th century marked by, conducive to, or suggestive of companionship ; sociable < companionable people > < companionable laughter > • companionability noun • companionableness noun • …

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  • 13Joseph Wagstaffe — Sir Joseph Wagstaffe (1611? 1666/7) [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028399/ |Oxford Biography Index’s web site, accessed on 18 June 2008] ] was a Royalist officer during the English Civil War and one of the leaders in the Penruddock uprising …

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  • 14companionably — See companionableness. * * * …

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  • 15companionable — companionability, companionableness, n. companionably, adv. /keuhm pan yeuh neuh beuhl/, adj. possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial. [1350 1400; ME. See COMPANION1, ABLE] * * * …

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  • 16Cervantes, Miguel de — ▪ Spanish writer Introduction in full  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra  born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid  Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most&#8230; …

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  • 17companionably — adverb In a companionable manner; agreeably, sociably. He had been sitting with her, it appeared, most companionably at home, till her usual hour of exercise Jane Austen, Emma . See Also: companionable, companionableness, companionability …

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  • 18companionable — adjective friendly and sociable. Derivatives companionableness noun companionably adverb Origin C17: alt. of obs. companiable, influenced by companion1 …

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  • 19good-fellowship — n. 1. Companionableness, sociability, companionship. 2. Merry society, pleasant company …

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  • 20sociability — n. Sociableness, companionableness, sociality, good fellowship …

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