[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being companionable.
1671. Clarendon, Dial., Tracts (1727), 297. That companionableness in which the Alderman magnifies himself towards his children. Ibid. (a. 1674), Hist. Reb. (1704), III. XIV. 433. He [Sir J. Wagstaff] had a great companionableness in his nature.
1754. Richardson, Grandison, II. xi. 130. She endeavoured, at setting out, to engage his companionableness—shall I call it?
1889. Univ. Rev., Sept., 35. Wanting one wifely charm, The magic of companionableness.
