personable /ˈpɜɹs(ə)nəb(ə)l/ adjective4 •Of a person: having a pleasant manner; amiable, friendly.A thousand thoughts she fashioned in her mind, / And in her feigning fancie did pourtray / Him such, as fittest he for loue could find, / VVise, vvarlike, personable, courteous, and kind. — 1590 •Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.We see one woman, whiche by one man hath manie children, of theym some be fayre and personable, some ill fauoured and croked, […] — 1541 •(no longer used, rare) Synonym of personal (“done in person, without an intermediary”). •(no longer used) Being a legal person and thus able to maintain a plea in court, or to hold some property or right. formsmore personable · most personable