accostable

Definition

Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.

Etymology

Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost + -able.

Example Sentences

• "Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter."
• "Online communities becoming increasingly accostable to their users does not always lead to higher overall activity."
• "“I always felt that I knew what to do in those circumstances,” she continued. “I didn’t feel … accostable. I never felt that I was being insulted, demeaned. I didn’t recognize it as that.[…]”"