conversational

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English conversation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English conversational From conversation + -al.

1. Easy in conversation, chatty.

   “...and her object being to procure Helen's smiles for the marquis, and the marquis's suffrage for Helen, the gay and the handsome were much less in request than the highly respectable, the agreeable, and the conversational; and, with her usual far-seeing cares, she carried her object completely, save in the case of the marquis, who did not reascend the stairs.”

2. Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.

   “This light conversational opening struck Miss Frensham as rather an unpropitious way of grappling with the problem of the theft, but she had just professed her general willingness.”

3. Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.
4. Capable of engaging in conversation.

   “The patient is awake and conversational.”

   “My aim is to become conversational in German.”