personableness

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noun

The quality of being personable.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounpersonableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being personable.

    His charm and personableness had contributed greatly to the magic of monarchy.

    2014, Anne Edwards, Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, page 383
    2 more examples

    […] I know no other set of men but what lose something of their personableness when they cease to be quite young.

    1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

    Osborn's personableness was not of a kind attractive to the unbiassed male observer.

    1901, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Methods of Lady Walderhurst

    Synonyms: personability

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being personable.

Origin

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APA

personableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personableness

MLA

“personableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personableness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personableness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personableness.

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