personable

adj

1. Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.

   “I vvas Tall and Perſonable, but a little too ſmooth Fac'd for a Man; hovvever as I ſeldom vvent Abroad, but in the Night it did vvell enough; […]”

   “I admit him a personable man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.”

   “He regarded himself as dressed. Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"”

2. Of a person: having a pleasant manner; amiable, friendly.

   “A thouſand thoughts ſhe faſhioned in her mind, / And in her feigning fancie did pourtray / Him ſuch, as fitteſt he for loue could find, / VViſe, vvarlike, perſonable, courteous, and kind.”

   “I'm bound to admit that you're a personable young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time, but I warn you that you can't go far.”

   “Aside from being incredibly funny and personable he [David] Letterman is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.”

   “The much more sophisticated and personable chatbots of today are the “Eliza effect on steroids,” [Sherry] Turkle said.”

3. (obsolete, rare)Synonym of personal (“done in person, without an intermediary”).
4. (obsolete)Being a legal person and thus able to maintain a plea in court, or to hold some property or right.

   “It is enacted, that the Kings Letters Patents hereafter enſuing made to Queen Elizabeth of her dovver, ſhall be good, and that the Queen be by that name perſonable to plead, and be impleaded, that parcell of her dovver aſſigned by the Kings Letters Patents under the ſeal of the Dutchy of Lancaſter be good, albeit there be no livery and ſeiſin delivered vpon the ſame, vvherein are certain proviſions.”

   “The demaundant vvas iudged perſonable to maintaine this action. […] The tenent pleaded that the vvife vvas an alien borne in Portingall vvithout the ligeance of the King, and Iudgement vvas asked vvhether ſhe vvould be anſvvered. The plaintife ſaith: ſhee vvas made perſonable by Parlament, that is, as the Ciuillians vvould ſpeake it, habere perſonam ſtandi in iudicio.”