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Approachable

adjective

Capable of being read with comprehension. Synonym: accessible. "The tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels"

Easy to meet or converse or do business with.

Easily approached. Synonym: reachable.

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"Approachable" Quotes from Famous Books

... alter ego. In the towns he was respected as the supreme vicar of that god whose throne was in the patio of the plantain trees; and people too shy to lay their supplications before the god himself, would seek out that jolly advocate,—a very approachable bachelor, who always had a smile on his tanned, wrinkled face, and a story under his ...

— The Torrent - Entre Naranjos • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... out, in the result. A month or two later, while we were still at Seldon, we received a long and encouraging letter from our prospectors on the spot, who had been hunting over the ground in search of gold-reefs. They reported that they had found a good auriferous vein in a corner of the tract, approachable by adit-levels; but, unfortunately, only a few yards of the lode lay within the limits of Sir Charles's area. The remainder ran on at once into what was ...

— An African Millionaire - Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay • Grant Allen

... done by the companies during these months of trench duty, it should be remembered that perhaps the most dangerous task was the bringing up of rations and water. Ypres was approachable from Poperinghe by one road only, along which came almost all the supplies for the troops in the Salient. From a point on the road called Shrapnel Crossing to the city it was within convenient range of the enemy artillery, and being well aware that the road was much used at night, the enemy ...

— The Story of the "9th King's" in France • Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

... did any central office or detective bureau contain his rogues-gallery photograph. Times almost past counting he had been taken up on suspicion; more than once had been arrested on direct charges, and at least twice had been indicted. But because of connections with crooked lawyers and approachable politicians and venal police officials and because also of his own individual canniness, he always had escaped conviction and imprisonment. There was no stink of the stone hoosgow on his correctly tailored garments, and no barber other ...

— Sundry Accounts • Irvin S. Cobb

... himself by night and day without any escort among the people; keeps up no ceremony at all, and is approachable at all hours. Like most travelers, he has some practical knowledge of medicine, and he gives advice and medicines most generously, allowing himself to be interrupted by patients at all hours. There is no doctor nearer than Malacca. He has been so successful that people come from ...

— The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)

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