‘Even though she was so gregarious and loved to chat, she also liked to listen.’
‘He is naturally gregarious, and the work obviously suits him.’
‘Being in the public eye doesn't necessarily mean you're gregarious.’
‘He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle.’
‘For example, although she was gregarious, she avoided social gatherings in which there was too much gossip, observing that such conversation was at best unhelpful.’
‘I'm reasonably happy with my own company, but I'm naturally gregarious so I think that three months would be my limit on the island.’
‘I'm gregarious up to a point and then I have to have total solitude for at least two days.’
‘He was gregarious, delighting in conversation, good food, wine, and, of course, malt whisky.’
‘Sociable, friendly and gregarious, Beatrice enjoyed the social life provided in her parish in London and made many friends.’
‘He was always a gregarious and sociable person and loved to set up opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together.’
‘Although most people characterise O'Kane as extremely sociable and gregarious, he is also described as ‘a workaholic’.’
‘But it is worth exploring - Gambians are gregarious and hospitable people, and the smiles and greetings offered to foreigners are completely genuine.’
‘These are by and large a generous, friendly and gregarious bunch.’
‘I am a fairly gregarious person, but I am quite comfortable in my own company.’
‘Richard was a gregarious person and he thought Edinburgh was the most perfect place because you could party 24 hours a day.’
‘Rose is outgoing and gregarious; he remembers names easily and thrives in social situations.’
‘He was known throughout the region as a hospitable and gregarious host.’
‘Despite his gregarious nature, and being famed for his generous hospitality - his New Year's Eve parties are legendary - he lives alone in London.’
‘He's actually a lot more gregarious and outgoing than most people i knew at that age- and more willing to talk to people who are not at all like him.’
‘However, Nick, a gregarious chap, had young friends who were in the hospitality industry who suggested that being a hotelier would be more to his liking.’
1.2(of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations.
‘in the wild, trees are usually gregarious plants’
‘In the Western Ghats, at an altitude of about 1,600 metres, in the region of sholas and grasslands, the kurinji flourishes as a gregarious shrub.’
‘If you are planting them in a container, don't skimp with the bulbs - Agapanthus is a gregarious flower that likes to be crowded.’
‘Ocencyrtus johnsonii is both gregarious and engages in superparasitism.’
‘The last gregarious flowering of muli bamboo in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Barak Valley of Assam was reported in 1958-59 and was followed by famine in those areas.’
‘It is a gregarious spreading herb that quickly covers the ground and rocks.’
Origin
Mid 17th century from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’) + -ous.
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