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Quality or state of being social; Quality or state of being agreeable and pleasant through warm but unobtrusive affability

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  • Their freedom, their energy, their companionableness, was so different from women of the East.
  • There was another and quieter side in which he showed his rare companionableness and endeared himself to many people.
  • For what is lost personally now and then, far more of greater mutual value is obtained; and it is largely by a habit of companionableness that the happiness of the home...
  • William Howitt was always ready to lend an attentive and unbiassed ear to the newest theory, or even the newest fad, while Mary possessed in the fullest degree the gift of...
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