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Thesaurus: personable

Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.

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  1. a. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.
  2. a. Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
  3. a. Having capacity to take anything granted.
  4. adj. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
  5. 1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall. 2. (Law) (a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Cowell. (b) Having capacity to take anything granted.
  6. j:100 s. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality