Is Conversantly a Word?

adj. Familiar or knowledgeable, as by study or experience: conversant with medieval history. [Middle English conversaunt, associated with, from Old French conversant, present participle of converser, to associate with, from Latin conversārī; see converse1.] con·ver′sant·ly adv.

Is Conversate correct grammar?

Is Conversate a Word? Conversate is a nonstandard verb that means “to have a conversation.” The standard verb (and the one you should use if you want to be correct) is converse.

Is it Conversating or conversing?

Converse functions as a noun, adjective, and verb, and conversate is synonymous with only one sense of the verb use of converse ("to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech"). Furthermore, conversate is a nonstandard form, and widely frowned upon in formal writing.

James H. Sterling

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