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- noun The state of being
companionable , suitability forcompanionship .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun suitability to be a companion
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Examples
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There is admiration for his tremendous output of great poems at such a young age, affectionate companionability in his letters, and sadness for a flowering of talent blasted by an untimely frost.
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Kindness and companionability are to an older woman what t & a are to a younger.
Mouth-corner spittle, in HDTV. Ann Althouse 2008
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Mind, they aren't a perfect companion for this poet, but I can certainly recognize their companionability and further, can imagine them being carried around and dogeared.
George Murray and Christopher Patton, other strands of American influences Lemon Hound 2007
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Mind, they aren't a perfect companion for this poet, but I can certainly recognize their companionability and further, can imagine them being carried around and dogeared.
Archive 2007-10-01 Lemon Hound 2007
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The dog genome is pretty well documented at this point and we know where the gene for aggression is as well as genes for timidity and companionability.
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If you did not have a charm and companionability, such a blow might have chastened you, but like my Uncle Phil you will always be able to find companions who will reassure you of your importance even though your accomplishment is a goose-egg.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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If you did not have a charm and companionability, such a blow might have chastened you, but like my Uncle Phil you will always be able to find companions who will reassure you of your importance even though your accomplishment is a goose-egg.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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While command came easily to him, companionability did not.
Hadrian's Wall.html Dietrich, William 2004
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On the whole, however, Moulsworth's poem demonstrates (and perhaps was even intended to demonstrate) the standard humanist claim that a certain level of education could only enhance a woman's virtue and companionability.
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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When he was with Dorothy Purnell, he almost forgot her sex in the easy companionability of their relationship; when away from her, he thought no more of her than he might of some man friend; but the approach had become a matter of embarrassing difficulty with him.
Hidden Gold Wilder Anthony
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