companionablyadv.
/kəmˈpanjənəbli/, U.S. /kəmˈpænjənəbli/ In a companionable manner; with pleasant or friendly companionship.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adverb] > in a companionable manner
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a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue Want of Respect due Age in Tracts (1727) 289 Live companionably with my Children.
1780 Great Rev. (Dublin) 38 So companionably unreserv'd To spout Entendres.
1799 C. Cooke Battleridge II. 157 You would be surprized to be told how any thing that had life, and every day grew so companionably fond of me, added to, or rather created me amusement.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. vi. 94 He had been sitting with her..most companionably at home. View more context for this quotation
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic A heaven wherein companionably to dwell.
1918 Condor 20 27 The comfortable pair were seen there again.., swimming companionably close together.
1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 4/1 Stub went rambling on, companionably.
2001 Audubon May 76/2 We eat our breakfast together companionably.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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