companionable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

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adj

"She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable."
"I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
"All the disagreeable circumstances of my prison had become, as it were, to me friendly and companionable; not one of them gave me annoyance."
"Then he strolled back again, kicking his heels carelessly, and a companionable silence fell between the three men."
"They are a companionable food; they make a pleasant, crunching noise when they are bitten, and so, when one is eating carrots, one can listen to the sound of one's eating and make a story from it."
"Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānis Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq. Late Latin compāniō Old French compaignonder. Middle English companion English companion Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English companionable From companion + -able.

more companionable (comparative) most companionable (superlative)

companionability companionableness companionably uncompanionable