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SOCIABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sociably mean?
• SOCIABLY (adverb)
The adverb SOCIABLY has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: SOCIABLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a gregarious manner
Synonyms:
gregariously; sociably
Pertainym:
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a sociable manner
Context example:
sociably, the new neighbors invited everyone on the block for coffee
Antonym:
unsociably (in an unsociable manner)
Pertainym:
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
Context examples
Of our being very sociably and simply happy (always in a dream though); and of Jip's having wedding cake, and its not agreeing with him afterwards.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
All sullenness and defiance disappeared, and he talked sociably with his captors, and even with flashes of his old-time wit.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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