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Definition of Personable
1. Adjective. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality.
Definition of Personable
1. a. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.
Definition of Personable
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) Having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Personable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Personable
1. 1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. "Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind." (Spenser) "The king, . . . So visited with sickness, was not personable." (E. Hall) 2. Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Having capacity to take anything granted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Personable
Literary usage of Personable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson ... Captain by Thomas Hutchinson (1884)
"... most personable young man, richly dressed. Lord Suffolk mentioned F 'a going
to America : said if he had the sole direction he would prevent it: and ..."
2. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"... breeding, and in all tilings else most complete and personable together with
a fair and clear estate. If you vouchsafe an answer, there is one Speed, ..."
3. The Critic: Or, a Tragedy Rehearsed : a Dramatic Piece in Two Acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848)
"James the Sixth, according to our author's portraiture, is a far less personable
individual than his grandsire; and the quaint mixture of Scots and Latin ..."
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