Both Uses of
gregarious
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- He could never have imagined her in this moment, so gregarious and at ease, launching a party she had orchestrated down to the very last detail.†
p. 145.1 *
- Robert hesitated, then walked past Caroline, all his gregarious enthusiasm evaporated.†
p. 345.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(gregarious) sociable by nature (enjoys the company of others)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Gregarious is also used to describe animals that tend to form groups with others of the same species; or plants that grow in groups that are close together.