acquaintanceship

And even while he is speaking to us, though the length of our acquaintanceship is short, we detect an unwonted relaxation in his manner, a confidence that has found understanding and seeks to lay itself bare.

The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 Various

Thus they soon dropped the idea of acquaintanceship, and began to think of him as friend, and there you have in a word the secret of his wide influence.

Letters to His Friends Forbes Robinson

Also, I wanted to develop some kind of acquaintanceship, not friendship, get to know something about them, personally, and work my way into being able to invite them to having dinner, or a drink, or something that would not seem so suggestive as to hiring them for their services.

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We struck up a kind of acquaintanceship, though I felt conscious that he did not in the least care about doing so, that he probably would not give me another thought.

Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

We struck up a kind of acquaintanceship, though I felt conscious that he did not in the least care about doing so, that he probably would not give me another thought.

Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton B A Of Trinity College Cambridge Benson, Arthur C. 1886

One of the few males on the coven questioned, "If this Bible Peddler and the deceased Individualist were seen in the same vicinity, is there the possibility that there was some kind of acquaintanceship between them?"

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One of the few males on the coven questioned, "If this Bible Peddler and the deceased Individualist were seen in the same vicinity, is there the possibility that there was some kind of acquaintanceship between them?"

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Presumably by disclosing in this manner an easy acquaintanceship with persons famous, exotic, or deeply unexpected, this stratagem may achieve an immediate effect of heightened drama — and enable you to conduct the rest of your conversation entirely unimpeded.

Oui, comme mon mari disait à Louis XIV 2009

If I remember correctly, you had forged a sort of acquaintanceship with him and often had a new piece of information to tell me.

Hisham Matar | Embedded or The Silent Countenance of Suleiman al Dewani 2011

"He made enough of an acquaintanceship with me at the time to arrange a later meeting, and he had information about TWA 800," Mr. Hill said.

Heroes or Villains? 2010