conversational
adj/ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/
Etymology From conversation + -al.
1
Of a person 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.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160:
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.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
2 more examples
- 2009, Journal of American Indian Education, Volumes 48-49, Center for Indian Education, page 35, This is the only way, she believes, students will become conversational enough in Navajo to pass on the language (NLА fieldnotes, July 2005).
- The colorful responses from BlenderBot show the limitations of building automated conversational tools, which are typically trained on large amounts of public online data.2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business:
- Derived terms
- conversational commerce, conversationalist, conversationality, conversationalization, conversationalize, conversational journal, conversational journaling, conversationally, conversationalness, conversational partner, conversational scoreboard, nonconversational, preconversational, protoconversational, subconversational, unconversational