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sociably

adv

Etymology

From sociable + -ly.

  1. derived from sociābilis
  2. derived from sociable
  3. suffixed as sociably — “sociable + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a sociable manner

    In a sociable manner; with free intercourse; conversibly; familiarly; as a companion.

  2. According to society or societal norms.

    • In later years, marks, commendation cards, and paychecks become important incentives for accomplishments, while the range of socially acceptable behavior widens and the number of secondary drives multiplies.

  3. For social purposes, in a social situation

    • If it were not for his work, everywhere he went socially, everywhere he mixed with others, would cause his past life to rear its ugly head.
    • Mamma—poor dear Mamma is so unadvanced, you know!—has an idea that when the Superman does get here he won't be at all the sort of person that one would care to receive socially.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sociably. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sociably. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at sociably

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA