SuaviloquyToday’s word

accessible

Accessible, a.

Etymology: [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.]

1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

2. Open to the influence of; -- with to. "Minds accessible to reason." Macaulay.

3. Obtainable; to be got at. The best information . . . at present accessible. Macaulay.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for accessible; he lists it under friendly.

Where he writes about it:

In its application to persons, accessible is used of public and eminent persons, who might, if disposed, hold themselves at a distance from others. — from friendly