comˈpanionably,adv. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a companionable manner. 1671Clarendon Dial. Tracts (1727) 289 Live companionably with my children.1815Jane Austen Emma ii. vi, He had been sitting with her..most companionably at home.1855Bailey Mystic, A heaven wherein companionably to dwell.