adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
of a nervous/sociable/sensitive etc disposition (= having a nervous etc character )
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The film is not suitable for people of a nervous disposition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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A buffet meal is much easier and more sociable , enabling you to circulate freely.
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I did not crave a more sociable life.
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Dancing also gave a feeling of well-being and encouraged them to be more sociable .
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I wish he were a more sociable person.
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Jessa-MYN, her Dead Daddy whispered in her inner ear, cain't you be more sociable ?
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It helps people to relax, to feel cheerful and to be more sociable .
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It's more interesting and more sociable .
very
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He was very sociable , and enjoyed eating, drinking and smoking.
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Port authorities were then most helpful and the local folk very sociable .
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We're not much good, but we're known throughout Suffolk as a very sociable team.
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This square is the social centre of a very sociable little village.
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Male speaker Sailing is a very sociable sport and it presents lots of new opportunities.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She's a friendly, sociable woman.
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She had her back to me and didn't seem very sociable .
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Some research has shown that people without brothers and sisters tend to be less sociable .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to the sociable chemist, here dwelt an elderly man with many ailments and a prodigious memory.
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Catherine Prince is tall, athletic-looking, easy going and sociable .
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He was very sociable , and enjoyed eating, drinking and smoking.
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It is in the features of this sociable disposition rather than in societal structure that the chimpanzee most resembles man.
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The apes provide us with much information concerning possible roots of sociable behaviour in man.