companionable

It's punctuated by stretches of companionable silence, where Young drums on his knees, or interacts with his son Ben, who was born with severe cerebral palsy.

It’s companionable, with casts made to feel like family, and the long seasons mean that practically any show you throw in with, good, bad or indifferent, will have a chance to grow on you.

Fran and Owen have been chatting for only a few minutes, not all that companionably, when he asks her out.

“We’re well on target for the islet,” he said, with what he hoped was a companionable casualness.

"On each occasion, the tree has been a witness not only to our companionable day's walking, but also to the journeys of each of our lives," he said.