(also less frequent social) adjective
(of people) enjoying spending time with other people:
She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone. * I'm not feeling very sociable this evening. * We had a very sociable weekend (= we did a lot of things with other people). * The hours are not very sociable in this job (= you have to work early, late, at the weekend, etc.).
compareANTISOCIAL
OPPUNSOCIABLE
sociability noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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